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Ignore Donald Trump: these are Sweden's real refugee integration challenges

Sweden has long been an outlier in global migration policy, with its relatively open approach

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Getting asylum seekers into jobs is the number one concern for Sweden. Photo: Reuters

Henrik Emilsson, Nahikari Irastorza | The Conversation
US President Donald Trump stunned Sweden recently when he invoked a mystery event that happened in the country furing on of his campaign rallies in Florida. “Look at what’s happening last night in Sweden,” he said. “They took in large numbers. They’re having problems like they never thought possible.”

What was he talking about? Sweden’s US embassy was so concerned they asked the Trump administration for an explanation. The president later said it was related to a report he had seen on Fox News about immigration.

The implication, of course, was that