Skip to content
openDemocracy
Subscribe

A populist myth about immigration courts and public opinion: evidence from the US and Sweden

The concept of mass immigration is politicized. Rather than registering reality objectively, it is used to further particular interests of the state as well as powerful non-state organisations.

By Admir Skodo
Published:
Share

lead

A group of EU migrants in Malmö live in caravans and simple shelters in the winter cold at a demolition site at the Nobel Road - Industrial Street in Malmö. February, 2015. News Øresund, Malmö, Sweden.www.newsoresund.org.

Contemporary populist movements on the right in Sweden and the US believe in a collusion between elite institutions such as courts and marginalized groups such as immigrants. The “people”, they believe, are really against immigration. Courts therefore go against the will of the people.

This article is published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International licence. If you have any queries about republishing please contact us. Please check individual images for licensing details.

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0