Yes, they/you are correct - it easier when you have a population that are largely raised with the same cultural values to keep those values - but when those values begin to include "Don't let anyone in that doesn't look like us because our utopia might be ruined" it is no longer an utopia. At least not to me.

And by the way - Sweden isn't an utopia. More than 10 percent of our population votes for a fascist party, our school system is fucked up after a few reforms, and generally the view of Sweden as a socialist utopia is widely outdated. It was in the 1980 we were the most equal country. Since then we've become one of the countries in which social inequalities are rising the fastest.

I mean, we've had riots.

I'm not saying letting everyone in to the country will keep it perfect, spotless and crimefree - but that is not why you welcome asylum seekers.

You welcome them because they are fellow humans and you can offer them a better life and an escape from the hell they're trying to escape from. The fact that it helps birthrates is just a bonus really.

And yes I know I've gotten riled up - and that telling someone that they're thinking is a shitty thing to do . But you are trying to explain my country and culture to me - someone who has grown up, gone to school, and lived there.