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Fact-check: Does a viral video prove Sweden is overrun with migrants?
euronews (in English)
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11/08/2023
A video allegedly showing a crowded market in Sweden claims the country is accepting too many immigrants. But the original clip was filmed in Syria.
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This viral video proved that Sweden is overrun with migrants.
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That`s what some social media users and members of the far right party Britain First are saying.
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Let`s see if that`s true.
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This video on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, alleges to show
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a market in Sweden.
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Multiple Twitter users, including members of the far right Britain First party, are
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claiming this clip is proof that Sweden is occupied by foreigners.
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By doing a reverse image search, we found this video has nothing to do with Sweden.
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It was actually filmed in Aleppo, Syria.
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The original eight-minute video was posted to YouTube in June 2022 by an account that
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describes itself as documenting daily life in Syria.
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The portion of the video shown in the viral clip starts at the one-minute, three-second
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mark.
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According to the YouTube channel, the original clip was filmed in Aleppo`s Abara market.
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To see if that`s true, we did a reverse image search of this moment where you could see
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a distinctive sculpture and a mosque.
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We found a stock photo displaying the same structure and mosque confirming this was indeed
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filmed in the center of Aleppo, Syria.
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According to a 2023 report by the EU Agency for Asylum, it`s true that Sweden is the European
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country that resettled the largest number of refugees in 2022.
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Germany, Sweden and Norway received the majority of resettled refugees in Europe.
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However, when looking at the number of refugees resettled relative to the population of the
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countries that take them in, the picture is slightly different.
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From 2008 to 2021, the countries that took in the most refugees compared to its population
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were Norway, Sweden and Finland, according to the Migration Observatory.
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For more fact checks and investigations, check out our website, Euronews.com.
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