[Shaun]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

interesting that this has not been picked up by mainstream media...

A quick Google shows me he's all over Swedish media. Which makes sense since...it's a Swedish issue.

He raises some good points though and the more some of us ignore him and pretend this doesn't happen the more the ignorant and the bigoted can exploit this for their own gains.

Whilst the issue of immigration is touchy, particularly now, it does seem both sides of the fence are arguing from impossible extremes. On one side: ban all Muslims and try to pretend you aren't a bit racist. On the other, continue to allow free movement and post a sad face when a truck plows through a Christmas market.

It's just not an issue I see an answer to: vetting for terrorism does not seem to work, if it's at all possible. I know there's a huge stigma about the police searching our own Internet histories and private messages like email, and rightly so since its intrusive and contradictive to the freedom we pride ourselves on, but perhaps those looking to migrate elsewhere should have theirs checked beforehand since the issue of citizenship naturally throws up all sorts of "do their values match ours?" questions. I don't know if this is even something looked at - in my head vetting migrants is a search of their luggage and maybe an interrogation on the spot. What is done about migrants' history (beyond the criminal record)?