Alternative For Sweden Blames Mass Car Arsons On Migrants, Suggests Deportation

Alternative for Sweden Blames Mass Car Arsons on Migrants, Suggests Deportation

Migrants are responsible for the string of car arsons across Sweden, and deportations are needed to curb this activity, the candidate from Alternative for Sweden (AfS) in the upcoming parliamentary election, Markus Jonsson, told Sputnik in an interview.

MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 06th September, 2018) Migrants are responsible for the string of car arsons across Sweden, and deportations are needed to curb this activity, the candidate from Alternative for Sweden (AfS) in the upcoming parliamentary election, Markus Jonsson, told Sputnik in an interview.

In mid-August, over 100 cars were burned down in a mass attack in the Goteborg area on Sweden's west coast in a single night. The authorities said that the attack was coordinated and carried out by a group of young people. Two suspects were reportedly detained in Sweden, and another one in Turkey, to where he fled after the attack. Several buildings and vehicles were set on fire about a week later in southern Sweden.

"This was filmed by residents who saw their own cars be set ablaze in a very organized manner, when the immigrants ran between cars, smashed windows and set them ablaze. This is obviously people that cannot be in Sweden, who are not able, or willing or have the prerequisite to become a part of our society. The only solution is re-migrate these people to their countries," Jonsson said.

While Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven has said he was angered by the arson, the AfS candidate argued that the government did not do enough.

"The signal that the Swedish authorities is sending to these kinds [of people] is that 'it's fine to do this, nothing's going to happen to you.' You need tough measures to meet this sort of problem, otherwise it's going to escalate," Jonsson said.

The police have reportedly said the arsons were not a new phenomenon, especially shortly before the beginning of a new school year. Media reports about the police statements did not specify whether the detained men were identified as migrants.

The Swedish government is in denial over the migration crisis on its own soil, the parliamentary candidate noted, adding that it is one of the reasons why the establishment should be challenged.

"There's still a deep denial within the state and the authorities about the severity of the situation ... The establishment is never going to stop mass immigration. They will have to be replaced. That's why it's so important to challenge them and call them out instead of becoming like them," Jonsson said.

The right-wing AfS is running for parliament in the upcoming election on a program that proposes deporting "half a million illegals, criminals, people who have been living of Sweden's welfare system and people who have generally not been an asset to Sweden," Jonsson said. In addition, the AfS suggests putting an end to asylum immigration.

The AfS, launched in March, will run in the parliamentary election scheduled for this Sunday. All 349 seats in the Riksdag will be contested. A party may enter the parliament if it secures four percent of the vote across the country or 12 percent of the vote in any one constituency.