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The Documentary Podcast

What Happened Last Night in Sweden?

The Documentary Podcast

BBC

Documentary, Society & Culture

4.32.7K Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2018

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

In February 2017, President Trump made a speech to his supporters. He moved on to the topic of immigration and Sweden. "You look at what's happening last night in Sweden," he told the crowd at a rally in Florida. "They took in large numbers; they're having problems like they never thought possible". This confused the Swedes because they had not noticed anything happening that Friday night in their country. But since then there has been a spate of violent crime in Sweden. Ruth Alexander investigates.

Transcript

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0:00.0

You look at what's happening in Germany, you look at what's happening last night in Sweden.

0:07.0

Sweden, who would believe this Sweden?

0:11.0

They took in large numbers they're having problems like they never thought possible.

0:16.1

You look at what's happening.

0:21.1

When the President of the United States said this about the impact of immigration last year,

0:26.0

he puzzled Sweden.

0:28.0

It had taken in an unprecedented number of asylum seekers at the height of Europe's migrant crisis, 160,000 people.

0:36.4

But what had happened in Sweden last night?

0:39.7

Nothing had happened. The Swedes didn't know what the president was talking about.

0:44.8

When I heard what he'd said though, I thought, I know what this is about.

0:49.5

I'd been contacted a few weeks earlier by a documentary maker who'd used, or I should say, misused my journalism

0:56.4

in a report he'd done about the Scandinavian country.

1:00.3

President Trump must have seen it, I thought.

1:03.0

And it turns out that is just what had happened.

1:06.0

He'd watch the misleading report on TV.

1:09.4

So we made an addition of the BBC World Services

1:11.9

Fact-checking Statistics program more or less

1:14.2

critiquing the film which opened with this questionable claim.

1:18.4

Sweden is now the proud owner of the title the rape capital of Europe.

1:24.0

As the commentary calls Sweden the rape capital of Europe, the camera pans across the screen.

1:29.0

A BBC news online article entitled Sweden's rape rate under the spotlight is shown. The author is

1:35.0

revealed. Ruth Alexander. It's you, you're the source, you were the person saying

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