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Thread ID: 9160 | Posts: 3 | Started: 2003-08-20
2003-08-20 02:18 | User Profile
From The Economist:
Identity inside the Nordic countries was built mainly on a shared history and complete ethnic homogeneity. Their inhabitants were the fair-haired, blue-eyed descendants of Norse farmers, fishermen and traders. In 1951 the author of a British report on Scandinavia wrote that ââ¬Åno alien stockââ¬Â had touched this part of the world. But that is changing fast. The streets of Stockholm or Copenhagen today are full of brown-skinned, black-haired immigrants from all over Asia, Europe, Latin America and Africa. Oslo has its ââ¬ÅLittle Karachiââ¬Â, and in one part of Malmo in southern Sweden immigrants make up 90% of the population. In Sweden as a whole, one in four people is foreign-born or of foreign parentage. In Denmark and Norway the inflow of foreigners has also increased, spawning anti-immigrant political parties and strict new laws to keep incomers out. To a large extent, the Nordic countries' continued prosperity and political calm will depend on how well they succeed in integrating the new arrivals.
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2003-08-20 03:05 | User Profile
Here in Vienna, about 50% of the people you see in the street are clearly immigrants, or the offspring of immigrants. :(
In just 3 decades, our capital has totally lost its Austrian character. :taz:
2003-08-20 03:12 | User Profile
To a large extent, the Nordic countries' continued prosperity and political calm will depend on how well they succeed in integrating the new arrivals.
"New Arrivals." Well isn't that cute. <_<
[SIZE=2]I'd say "the Nordic countries' continued prosperity and political calm" depends on kicking the immigrants out, and not accepting any more, but who am I to argue with the brilliant minds over at The Economist?[/SIZE]