Lost in translation

the real twist on that 'care and support' spin !

According to the statistics issued by the Swedish Migration Agency, it appears the 'flood' of refugees has been controlled...to such a level that 2017 was the lowest 'input' for 12 years.

Who would ever have believed that by listening to M and SD talking...or even S   - trying to get votes for the next election ?

In other words, this whole 'refugee ' thing - which surged in 2014 + 2015 as a result of 2 Prime Ministers inviting refugees here - is now being used to divert people's attention and/or blame the shortcomings of other policies upon immigrants.

Worth reminding ourselves that a lot of our TAX money from Foreign Aid budgets was withdrawn to be spent 'at home in Sweden' to enrich our society,kommunes, businesses,schools, swedish jobs....under the excuse of providing 'care and support' for immigrants.

I say 'excuse' because as soon as the economic effects within the country have produced good GDP figures and lowered Swedish unemployment...Sweden cannot wait to throw young people out, even back to internationally recognised war zones in breach of Swedish promises about refoulement since 1951.

So, can someone please tell me (you'll find an email address shown below on this blog) is there so much difference between this behaviour and the slave trade ?  Both torture and abuse, both deprive a person of their human rights (like the right to a fair trial), both demonstrate a level of cynicism and depravity (how can you possibly call Afghanistan 'safe' ?.... that's depraved!) and both place a stain upon a society that remains for decades.

posted with the kind permission of Maria Robsahm

I enjoy living in Sweden very much, particularly this area of Dalsland and into Varmland. Swedish society is something special, a comfortable almost old-fashioned (and very caring) social democracy. Take this for example:

Karlstad is known as the solar city and has a smiling sun as it’s official emblem, partly because Karlstad often finds itself at the top of the Swedish list for hours of sunshine during the year (try telling that to a Karlstad inhabitant in the middle of November) and partly because of a young waitress called Eva Lisa Holtz from the 1700’s.

Eva Lisa was a waitress in Karlstad who became very popular through her sunny disposition and warm smile. She was nick-named "Sola" and is probably one of the few, if not the only, waitresses to be rewarded by having a statue of herself erected outside the Stadshotel in which she worked.

I cannot think of any city in the world where I have been where a statue to a cheerful waitress has been erected.