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Lily Shanagher Foreign Breaking News Reporter |
To see how immigration policy has changed in Sweden in recent years, there is perhaps no better place than the Märsta reception and return facility.
When The Telegraph visited the red-brick centre, which became Sweden’s busiest asylum facility during the height of the European migrant crisis, it was nearly empty.
With just 4,200 asylum seekers expected this year, Sweden has transformed from a country proud of welcoming asylum seekers to some of the lowest in the EU – a shift closely watched by other European governments struggling to control their own borders.
Many policies have been engineered by the hard-Right Sweden Democrats – a former neo-Nazi party given a supporting role in Ulf Kristersson’s Tidö coalition.
This includes paying asylum seekers almost £27,000 each to give up their right to stay in Sweden and leave Europe – an option that was taken up by Hassan, who told The Telegraph he decided to leave after feeling Sweden had become less welcoming to migrants.
The Sweden Democrats have successfully helped reduce net immigration to historic lows but want to go even further.
Its wishes may come true today, as the country heads to the polls in a general election widely regarded as a referendum on whether to let the anti-migrant party into the government or put the centre-Left in power.
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Hans van Leeuwen International Economics Editor |
From Sweden’s strict immigration measures to Finland’s pioneering approach to homelessness, Britain is increasingly looking to Nordic policy models to address its own pressing domestic challenges.
Andy Burnham has bet his premiership on homelessness. He says he’ll end rough sleeping by Christmas, and plans a national summit this autumn to get the pledge over the line.
However, there is now a big question mark hanging over the pathway he’s charted to get there.
His lodestar is Finland, which has championed a model called Housing First. The Finns offer homeless people a permanent apartment, backed up by wraparound health and social services.
It’s the opposite of the traditional approach. In most countries, getting the keys to a publicly subsidised flat is the prize for a homeless person getting back on track, not the precondition.
It seems to work: between 2008 and 2023, Finland halved its homelessness problem.
However, just as Burnham brings the Finnish touch to Britain, cracks are showing. Finland’s economy is struggling and its government has cut spending. Homelessness has surged by one-third in the past two years.
Britain has a bigger homelessness problem, a tighter housing supply and a similarly squeezed budget. It was already difficult for Burnham to follow where Finland was leading, and it just got harder.
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David Harris The crazy ideas began almost as soon as the towers fell – 25 years later, the effort to distort the history continues Continue reading ➤
Janet Daley The Right has fallen into the trap of perpetual protest Continue reading ➤
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Rich pensioners are a tempting target for a Government short of cash. Key allies are urging the PM to go after the wealthy in next month’s Budget. Yet it is also a dangerous manoeuvre. In the wake of the cost of living crisis, Britons around retirement age are the main drivers of spending growth in the economy. Raiding their finances risks undermining a critical engine of economic growth. Continue reading ➤ |
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In popular music, the 1960s was a time of explosive creativity, and heralded a sonic revolution which we are still living through, Neil McCormick writes. This was the time of the Beatles and Bob Dylan, when the young generation could dance to the incredible soul music of Motown, or drop out to the wild psychedelia of the Doors. The second in my series about the greatest songs of our times has also been one of the most difficult to parse. Have I got it right? And what have I missed out? Continue reading ➤ |
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Jen Hatmaker is a Christian influencer from Texas who made her name through her bestselling self-help books. She was used to sharing her life with her millions of online followers. Then, one night, her family changed forever, writes Jessamy Calkin. In the compelling opening to her new book, Hatmaker describes waking up at 2.30am one morning in 2020 to hear her ex-pastor husband of 26 years, and father to their five children, drunkenly voice-texting his girlfriend in bed. Her new memoir, Awake, tells the story of the crisis of faith that followed and how she rebuilt a new life for herself. Continue reading ➤ |
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An audience with Eric Idle is never dull. Over tea and croissants at his idyllic home in Provence, the great comedian tells Chris Harvey about the other Pythons’ reactions to Spamalot, his hard-partying years, his hatred of Donald Trump – and why he’s bringing back the Rutles. Continue reading ➤ |
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After six years spent battling a debilitating neurological disease, Céline Dion is finally returning to the stage. Last night, the Canadian singer performed for thousands of fans in Paris on the first of a whopping 26-night residency. Her remarkable vocals and hit songs aren’t the only draw. As Helen Brown writes, many believed Dion’s diagnosis with Stiff-Person Syndrome (SSP) – which renders her unable to move or sing and causes painful spasms – meant her music career was over. Joyfully, that doesn’t seem to be the case.
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Read our review: Céline Dion in Paris ➤ |
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By your 40s and 50s, poor sleep, low energy, brain fog and a spreading waistline can leave you feeling far from your best. Rose Ferguson, a nutritionist, shares her four-week plan to improve metabolic health, tackle inflammation and build habits that can help you feel like yourself again.
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The men and women who keep Britain’s skies safe are widely regarded as the best on the planet, handling the busiest airspace in the world with consummate professionalism. Our air traffic controllers are especially adept at extracting an extraordinary amount of capacity from the nation’s two busiest airports, Heathrow and Gatwick. The more flights that can get in and out, the wider travellers’ choice and the lower the fares. However, when the system controllers rely on collapses, the impact reverberates around the world.
The latest failure at Nats, the nation’s air navigation provider, instantly created a logistical nightmare for airlines – and hundreds of thousands of their passengers. Many sat for hours aboard planes at British airports before their flights, hopes and dreams were extinguished. An equal number of travellers were stranded at airports abroad, often sleeping on floors after nearby hotels filled up.
The scale of this Nats collapse matches the August bank holiday failure in 2023. As then, there are still people waiting to complete their journeys this weekend. On Friday, Heathrow airport revealed passenger numbers this summer had shrunk. The latest dose of chaos will erode travellers’ confidence still further. Britain depends on aviation – and we desperately need a dependable air traffic control system.
Our airport chaos tells the world: Britain doesn’t work ➤
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Maj Gen Andrew Whitehead, who has died aged 86, was the commander of 45 Commando Royal Marines; he showed great composure and decisiveness in 1982 during the Falklands War.
He was in command of 45 Commando Royal Marines at the battle for Two Sisters, a mountainous feature overlooking Port Stanley. He explained what was to be achieved and why, and left his subordinates enough freedom to meet rapidly changing circumstances.
Despite a morale-sapping loss the night before, Whitehead said now was not the time for mourning our dead, exhorting his men: “Let’s crack on.”
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Maj Gen Julian Thompson recalled: “Andrew’s leadership was outstanding… always calm. He led from the front, on one occasion between his two leading companies, nearly losing his head to a 66mm missile fired by a man just behind him.”
Whitehead was appointed DSO for his gallantry and went on to serve with distinction for another 10 years. His Regimental Sergeant Major summed him up as “the epitome of a CO, always concerned about the welfare of the men and providing clear direction on what he expected of them… the ultimate professional, who was both approachable and caring for all who had the privilege of being under his command: a warrior life, well lived.”
Read the full obituary here ➤
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Felicity Green, trailblazing fashion journalist who helped launch the Biba look in the 1960s ➤
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Craig Douglas, ‘the Singing Milkman’ who went to No 1 in 1959 with Only Sixteen ➤ |
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1940 | Buckingham Palace was damaged by German bombs (see how we covered the story in the following day’s paper)
1965 | The Beatles won their first Grammy
1985 | Super Mario Bros game first appeared
Birthdays: Goran Ivanišević (55), Michael Johnson (59), Bobby Davro (68)
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Thank you for reading. Allister Heath, Sunday Telegraph Editor |
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