Police deportation sting fails in nine of ten cases
Published: 25 Feb 13 10:27 CET | Print version
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Nine of ten people stopped by Stockholm police on suspicion of being illegal immigrants were in Sweden legally, new statistics show.
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Statistics for the months of December and February are characterized by a similar margin of error of around 90 percent.
"That's a high margin of error," Sören Clerton, head of the border control division of Sweden' National Bureau of Investigation (Rikskriminalpolisen, NBI) told the newspaper.
"That's a figure that should be as low as possible."
Clerton admitted it was impossible for police to guarantee that no one be stopped because of their appearance or language. He promised that police would review their procedures to see if there was anything wrong with their methods.
Simon Andersson, a PhD candidate in legal procedure, criticized the police's high margin of error.
"You need a very strong reason to believe someone doesn't have the right to be here," he told Metro
"The Swedish people don't want people stopped for looking foreign, and it's very strange to use another pretence, like fare-skipping, to stop people."
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This will indeed help tax paying and legally staying foreigners as the uneducated criminals living illegally should be thrown out. I sincerely hope that Sweden should also change its policy of granting asylum to unskilled parasites enjoying overseas holidays after some years on tax money.
The police are to be congratulated on this great result.
Way to go!
This will indeed help tax paying and legally staying foreigners as the uneducated criminals living illegally should be thrown out. I sincerely hope that Sweden should also change its policy of granting asylum to unskilled parasites enjoying overseas holidays after some years on tax money.
"OMG that's a stunning 10% success rate!!! It's SOOOOO much higher than the conviction rates of any crime in Sweden!!! The police should keep up!!! How dare you even think its RACIST??? Check that person up!!! He must be an illegal immigrant cos he doesn't like the policy!!!"
Way to go Swedes. If you have to resort to racial profiling to catch illegal immigrants, then you are either completely incompetent or racist, or both.
What is going to be done about it?
Nice thought. Let me buy you a ticket to North Korea where you won't have a problem being stopped for looking "too Western". Even if you don't have anything to hide...
Yes it will be relatively successful in the beginning until the illegal immigrant population learns which stops to avoid or starts taking precautions such as alternative transport methods, however the point is the police will continue to alienate the 90% who are legal.
@arslan11
You know I don't mind reading the racists on this site at least they are standing for something they belive in; but if there is one thing I hate its uncle toms like you who look down upon those whom your European masters have deemed below you. I hope one day you suffer the humiliation of being stopped and searched in front of your family so that you can realise the humiliation of just standing there and having to take it or even worse having to watch your mother or father mishandled.
@ Freelife
Who`s said that the police only stops dark skinned people?
It is not about the police doing their job but rather harassing people just because their skin colours are different. You cannot give the police free hand to go about and stop every black, Hispanic, Middle Eastern and South Asian looking person, simple because Swedish immigration policies has failed to control its borders. Some of the recent terror activities has been carried out by people with middle eastern profile, hence would it be fair to say that if a middle eastern person enters the underground or a coffee shop, they should be stopped and searched?
Absolutely...
The police isn`t there to harass people because of their skincolour. They are there to check that you are who you say you are and that you are allowed to stay. If your papers are in order you should be happy to show the police that you are a legal immigrant. It`s that simple. Nothing more. It isn`t some sort of racist conspiracy. Stop twisting things around. If one out of ten is illegal that proves their work is needed.
The moral? Life ain't fair. Just get on with it.
1. Overstays are not "criminals", they're in Sweden illegally.
2. 90% of the people racially profiled by the Stockholm police were nither "criminals" or even overstays. They were legal residents. That is massive discrimination, not success.
The very small minority of genuine foreign criminals should, of course, be caught and put in jail -- just like Swedish criminals -- or deported if they're found guilty after they've done their time. But that requires genuine police work.
In fact, genuine foreign criminals should preferably be stopped at the border before entering the country.
In the meantime, I -- like Texrusso and Afro Swede -- hope and pray I get stopped by the bizzies at Centralen and have my ID checked because I will kick up such a stink.
The moral? Life ain't always fair, but I'm not going to let racists and bigots, especially instiutional ones, walk all over my rights as a resident and a taxpayer.
Comnclusion: Add Israelis to your list of terror suspects and search them too next time you see them at Metro station..!!
Anyway, Henrik Bergquist, a Swedish expert in human rights suggest that the racial profiling of Stockholm police can be sued and the case brought up to the European Court of Justice. If any of the person who got force-checked does that, Sweden will inevitably lose in the upcoming trial. Just something to think about, if it's the right thing to do then why is it such a crime? For those of you who support the policy, think about how much of your tax money will go to the penalty fine if EU made their sentence.