Salam Alaikum Sweden. Testing the limits of Swedish generosity
For decades, Sweden has offered a safe haven to people who have fled from military conflict but as the current refugee crisis hits an unprecedented scale, the question arises, how much longer can the country continue to offer hospitality?
Sweden is currently experiencing an ever deepening housing crisis. It is believed that to accommodate everyone in need of a place to live by 2020, the country would need to build the equivalent of “another Stockholm”. For now, refugees from Syria, other Middle Eastern countries and Africa are being housed temporarily in tents, on boats and even in a Wild West amusement park.
RT Doc’s correspondent, Marina Kosareva visits the High Chaparral theme park. Every summer it welcomes thousands of tourists but during the winter off-season, it is being used to provide temporary accommodation for some of the many refugees in need. Here, the government strives to create the best possible condition, including food and Wi-Fi, as well as organising a school for the children. But they’ll all have to go before the tourists return.
Meanwhile, the waiting time to process applications for refugee status keeps getting longer because of ever increasing numbers and can now take over a year. Applications though can be, and often are, refused, there have been many cases of immigrants being deported.
The situation is aggravated by crimes being committed by a minority of war refugees who now live in Sweden. Such crimes are often underreported and that has undermined Swedish trust in government policy and lead to a growing sense of unease about immigrants in general.
Some feel that Sweden changes its own character just to appease people of a different culture causing concerns that the country will lose its identity in pursuit of multiculturalism. In the most extreme cases, Swedish nationalists have been known to attack refugee camps. +
While the current High Chaparral residents simply try to forget the horrors of war while adjusting to a new lifestyle in snowy Sweden, the sheer scale of the problem puts the host country under pressure while testing its famous hospitality to the limit.
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Copenhagen City Tour, Denmark - January 2016
Copenhagen (Danish: København) is the capital and most populated city of Denmark. It has a municipal population of 591,481 (as of 1 January 2016), and a larger urban population of 1,263,698. The city is situated on the eastern coast of the island of Zealand; another small portion of the city is located on Amager, and is separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the strait of Øresund. To read more about Copenhagen, click here: .
This film features a tour around the City of Copenhagen, beginning in the West of the city in Frederiksberg, through the meat packing district to the urban city centre, then North East to the Little Mermaid, before heading South towards Copenhagen Harbour. The film highlights Copenhagen’s architecture, infrastructure, transport, history, culture, streets, attractions, green spaces, waterfront, art, statues, and people.
The film includes the following identified features and locations: Sondermarken, Frederiksberg Palace, Copenhagen Zoo Tower, Kristkirken, Enghave Plads, Cirkeline Plads, Sankelmarksgade, Absalon, Sønder Blvd., Oehlenschlægersgade, Dybbølsgade, Krusågade, Sønder Blvd., Halmtorvet, Mariakirken, Abel Catherines Gade, Hotel Tiffany, Colbjørnsensgade, Reventlowsgade, Copenhagen Central Station, Bernstorffsgade, Frihedsstøtten / Liberty Column, Palads Cinema, Jernbanegade, Axeltorv, Vesterport Station, Hans Christian Andersens Blvd., Jarmers Plads, Cain's Lions, Sankt Peders Stræde, Vester Voldgade, Lur Blowers, Regnbuepladsen, Copenhagen City Hall, Rådhuspladsen, Dragon Fountain, The Weather Girl, Hans Christian Andersen, Mikkel Bryggers Gade, Lavendelstræde, Strøget, Gammeltorv, Caritasbrønden, Nytorv, Copenhagen Cathedral, The Round Tower, Inside the Round Tower, Views from the Round Tower, Øresund Bridge, Trinity Church, Pilestraede, Østerport Station, Svenska Gustafskyrkan, Kastellet, Søfartsmonumentet, Langelinie Lystbådehavn, Den lille Havfrue, The Little Mermaid, Slaget i Køge Bugt 1710, Monument to the Battle of Koge Bay, Prinsesse Marie, Toldbodens Bådehavn, Langelinie, Gefion Fountain, St. Alban's Church, Churchillparken, Bredgade, Sankt Ansgars Kirke, Aleksandr Nevskij Kirke, Frederik's Church, Amalienborg, Frederiksgade, Kongens Have, Rosenborg Slot, Landemærket, Egmont Clock Bridge, Vognmagergade, Lille Kirkestræde, Nikolaikirche, Højbro Plads, Absalon, Christiansborg Palace, Frederik VII, Thorvaldsens Museum, Bertel Thorvaldsens Plads, Frederiksholms Kanal, Slotsholmskanalen, Holmens Kirke, Børsgraven, Børsgade, Børsen, Knippelsbro and Copenhagen Harbour.
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