(MENAFN) Swedish Immigration Minister Anders Ygeman was criticized after saying that the nation has to follow Denmark and plan to cut the concentration of people with immigrant backgrounds in the most concerned areas of its cities.
Experts cautioned that Ygeman’s suggestion hints at “state racism” that would increase ethnic divisions rather than fighting them.
“It brings to mind the apartheid system and state racism,” according to Fereshteh Ahmadi, a leading Swedish expert on immigration and integration who is a professor of sociology at the University of Gavle.
The Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor stated that “the Swedish government must immediately and unconditionally cease any plans of such nature.”
Inspired by Denmark, “he wants to classify the population as ‘Nordic’ and ‘non-Nordic,’” Ahmadi went on.
At first she was shocked by Ygeman’s letting himself to be inspired by Denmark’s hard line, nonetheless now “it has been several years that we’ve seen changes in the political debate in Sweden, not only from the right-wing parties but even from the Social Democrats, that we’ve seen a harshening of attitudes towards immigrants,” she continued.
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