It was a point of national pride that at the height of the 2015 refugee crisis across Europe, Sweden took in 163,000 asylum seekers, the second-highest per capita across the continent – equivalent to one person for every 60 locals.
But a decade on, that number had fallen by 96 per cent. Successive governments from both the political left and then the right have pushed for firmer measures on migration that have steadily gained acceptance across society.
