Sweden's immigration minister accuses David Cameron of 'playing politics' with immigrant crisis

Calais migrant crisis: David Cameron accused of 'playing politics'

The Swedish justice and migration minister has accused David Cameron of "playing politics" with the migrant crisis in Calais.

Morgan Johansson said scenes in Calais had resulted from France and the UK not taking "responsibility" for accepting more asylum seekers. Sweden allows anyone from Syria into the country, and last year Sweden accepted 30,000 asylum seekers compared to the UK's 10,000.

Mr Johansson criticised Mr Cameron for using the word "illegal" about asylum seekers before they have been through asylum the process, and said they were seeking a basic human right.

"I hear what he [Mr Cameron] is saying about illegal immigrants and about swarms and everything like that," he said. "I think he's playing on strings - that he wants to actually divide people - and that's not a constructive way."

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-33751619

Imagine that. A conservative politician 'playing politics' with immigration and wanting "to actually divide people". Sweden's politicians need to understand that conservative UK and US politicians use fear of immigrants to "play on strings" and "not in a constructive way". "Fear" sells in politics.

The population of Sweden is less than 10 million. The population of the UK is over 63 million. Sweden has accepted 3 times as many asylum seekers as the UK - which has aggravated the far-right in Sweden.