Immigration in Sweden: How the Country Went from One of Europeβs Most Welcoming, to One of Its Most Restrictive
For decades, Sweden was known as one of Europeβs most welcoming countries for refugees. It took pride in pursuing one of Europeβs most generous asylum policies, and often presented itself as a humanitarian roleΒ model.
But today it has one of the continentβs most restrictiveΒ migrationΒ policies. That transformation has taken little more than aΒ decade.