https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Sweden has failed to address the problems of structural racism, discrimination, and hate crimes despite ten years of criticism, the head of the country's United Nations Association has warned ahead of meeting with a UN anti-racism body in Geneva. https://www.thelocal.se/20130822/49778 Thu, 22 Aug 2013 12:58:00 +0200 49778 Sweden's Justice Ombudsman (JO) announced on Monday it will not investigate the alleged racial profiling carried out by Stockholm police in the city's public transit system during a push to deport illegal immigrants. https://www.thelocal.se/20130506/47748 Mon, 06 May 2013 19:32:00 +0200 47748 A driver allegedly made "Swedes" and "foreign-looking" people travel on separate buses between Stockholm and the Eckerölinjen ferry terminal in Grisslehamn. https://www.thelocal.se/20130323/46892 Sat, 23 Mar 2013 11:52:00 +0100 46892 A local Left Party youth leader has been forced to resign after issuing a death threat against Sweden's migration minister Tobias Billström on Twitter. https://www.thelocal.se/20130324/46900 Sun, 24 Mar 2013 10:32:00 +0100 46900 Migration Minister Tobias Billström unleashed a storm of criticism on Monday with comments that people who help illegal immigrants in Sweden are rarely "blonde and blue-eyed". https://www.thelocal.se/20130318/46794 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 14:16:00 +0100 46794 Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt on Sunday defended recent efforts by police to identify and deport immigrants who remain in Sweden illegally. https://www.thelocal.se/20130318/46788 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 11:34:00 +0100 46788 Justice Minister Beatrice Ask's clumsy statements in response to criticism of police efforts to deport illegal immigrants have left historian and commentator David Lindén feeling like a criminal for looking "non-Swedish". https://www.thelocal.se/20130315/46732 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 12:07:00 +0100 46732 An open letter by Swedish author Jonas Hassen Khemiri challenging Justice Minister Beatrice Ask to "change skin" with him has sparked an unprecedented response in an ongoing debate about race and ethnicity, making him our pick for Swede of the Week. https://www.thelocal.se/20130314/46736 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:50:00 +0100 46736 The Green Party has threatened to walk away from an agreement with the centre-right Alliance government to cooperate on immigration policy over its stance toward illegal immigrants. https://www.thelocal.se/20130314/46724 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 09:53:00 +0100 46724 While admitting there were questions about methods used by police in Stockholm that some labelled as "racial profiling", Justice Minister Beatrice Ask nevertheless defended the need to carry out deportations. https://www.thelocal.se/20130313/46702 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 10:42:00 +0100 46702 Over 3,000 people gathered in Swedish cities on Saturday to demonstrate against the clampdown on illegal migrants which has sparked accusations of "racial profiling" practices among the police. https://www.thelocal.se/20130310/46644 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 12:01:00 +0100 46644 Nine of ten people stopped by Stockholm police on suspicion of being illegal immigrants were in Sweden legally, new statistics show. https://www.thelocal.se/20130225/46386 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 11:27:00 +0100 46386 Hunting down undocumented immigrants like animals is immoral and a waste of police resources, argues socialist weekly Arbetaren’s editor-in-chief Daniel Wiklander, who would like the Swedish companies who exploit vulnerable foreign-born workers to be held responsible. https://www.thelocal.se/20130222/46350 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 14:11:00 +0100 46350