So, let me get this straight, the government non-forcefully drove a bunch of immigrants, that had come from the subtropics, to the arctic circle, who refused to get off the buses, and you don’t find anything a little ‘on the nose’ about that?

Sounds like they had a bloody good reason for being upset, and I can’t think of any reason why they’d be in the wrong.

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I think it was to house asylum seekers and they are housed in facilities around the country to share the burden of it.

And they had come to Sweden to seek asylum. Not sure what they expected. It's not exactly the Riviera.

[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I’m pretty sure their only expectation was to not die in a war. That doesn’t make it right to bus a bunch of people to the arctic nowhere and expect them to just live. If the bus driver was being threatened, was there no government workers to receive them and at least help them somewhat?

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

IIRC it wasn't government just ferrying off a bunch of immigrants to the middle of nowhere and said "you live here now" but instead sent some asylum seekers there for the duration of the process to confirm (or deny) their asylum. And asylum seekers at least where I live, for the duration of the processing of their status, live in special facilities. This happened to be in a place they didn't like, which imo makes their attitude seem a lot less understandable.

[–] Zoot@reddthat.com 2 points 8 months ago

Is there parts of Sweden that are subtropical? Can't say the situation is good for anyone involved there, however the way you word it just makes it sound like the immigrants and extremely ungrateful to have been given a home at all?

[–] Iceblade02@feddit.nu 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Tens of thousands of people every week, having walked all the way through Europe to get to Sweden mind you, because they didn't want to seek asylum in any of the handful of countries they passed along the way.

We were quite literally running out of places to put these people. Not bussing them elsewhere would've meant leaving them on the streets, in tents with winter swiftly approaching. To put things into context, Sweden literally ran into a shortage of mattresses due to the number of people that came here. Schools, hotels, apartments, sports centers etc. etc. were being used to house them. All spaces, everywhere.

I have no sympathy whatsoever for those who behaved like that. If anything, they should've been sent straight back to where they came from, in order to make room for any of the countless others that wanted a safe haven and would've been grateful for it.

It's the equivalent of a homeless person you offered to stay in your basement threatening to kill you for not giving them something more comfortable, when you'd already offered up your guest room and couch to other homeless people.