How large is the issue? I don&#x27;t know. There don&#x27;t seem to be much in the way of good crime stats. A quick google search suggests rape has risen 15x in Sweden since they started letting in large numbers of immigrants. <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.dailymail.co.uk&#x2F;news&#x2F;article-3317978&#x2F;Torn-apart-open-door-migrants-Sweden-seen-Europe-s-liberal-nation-violent-crime-soaring-Far-Right-march-reports-SUE-REID.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.dailymail.co.uk&#x2F;news&#x2F;article-3317978&#x2F;Torn-apart-o...</a><p>The issue is being lied about because rather than giving out stats to answer the question of how much of that 15x is due to immigrants, the Swedish authorities decided to stop tracking ethnicity of perpetrators instead. Similarly, witness the attempts by the mayor of Cologne to blame the victims and avoid disclosing the identity of the attackers. (A quick google search suggests similar incidents happened in a Stockholm music festival and other places.)<p>The fact is that left wing Euro politicians control access to the data and are locking it down. They also make claims like &quot;overestimate the actual magnitude of the threat&quot; - but if the data supported that claim, wouldn&#x27;t they release it rather than hide it?<p>I&#x27;m not proposing any solutions. I&#x27;m not even claiming to have a solid grasp of the statistics (unlike, say, a similar discussion of US crime). If I&#x27;m wrong and Muslim immigrants to Europe actually commit crimes at the base rate, by all means post stats proving me wrong. I&#x27;m only saying that it looks like there is a real problem, and it looks like it&#x27;s being hidden from us.<p>Under such circumstances, people turning to the racist right is a pretty natural thing to do. At least these guys aren&#x27;t liars, and see our problems, right?<p>(Again, that last sentence is not my view. A quick search of my comment history will suggest that I&#x27;m pluralistic to a degree that only an extreme capitalist can be.)