Aren’t Swedes allowed to discuss migration openly?

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Euro|Topics relaunched their website during 2016. Features published before that date are still available via an archive website (see related url hyperlinks0Speaking on a Czech TV channel in January 2017 Katerina Janouch, a Swedish author, said that rising crime and social benefit cuts in her country were due to the fact that it has taken in so many migrants. Some voices in Sweden are now accusing Janouch of depicting the country in a very negative light while others praise her openness and courage. Has she broken a Swedish taboo or fuelled racist sentiment?

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The Local.se, 06.07.16: Why Sweden is talking about immigration more than before http://www.thelocal.se/20160706/sweden-is-talking-more-about-immigration-now-than-ever-before

ESO: Background information: Sweden planning raids on asylum seekers http://www.europeansources.info/record/sweden-planning-raids-on-asylum-seekers/

The Spectator, 03.09.16: How Sweden became an example of how not to handle immigration http://www.spectator.co.uk/2016/09/how-sweden-became-an-example-of-how-not-to-handle-immigration/

Sweden: Swedish Migration Agency [Migrationsverket): News, 07.12.17: Increased cooperation to make return more efficient http://www.migrationsverket.se/English/About-the-Migration-Agency/News-archive/News-archive-2016/2016-12-07-Increased-cooperation-to-make-return-more-efficient.html

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