How Sweden tightened immigration after the 2015 refugee crisis
Sweden in Focus3 Touko 2025

How Sweden tightened immigration after the 2015 refugee crisis

In this week’s episode we talk about the surprise resignation of the Liberal Party leader Johan Pehrson.

Ten years on from the arrival of record numbers of refugees we also look at how Sweden reacted to the 2015 crisis how how its approach to asylum immigration has changed since then.

Host Paul O’Mahony is joined this week by regular panelists Becky Waterton and Richard Orange.

Here are links to some of the topics discussed in the episode:

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