One percent of Sweden’s population today is from Iran, and almost 2% are from Iraq. Indeed, after the Iraq war, the small town of Södertälje took in more Iraqi refugees than the United States did.
进入新世纪，越来越多的难民来自中东和非洲之角。如今，百分之一的瑞典人口来自伊朗，近2%来自伊拉克。事实上，伊拉克战争后，小城南泰利耶（Södertälje）接收的伊拉克难民数量比整个美国还要多。