“I often use Sweden as a discouraging example to promte a free and open debate and maintain a strict immigration policy.”

— Anders Fogh Rasmussen

A. Fogh Rasmussen, in Sveriges Television 2016 program Toppmötet interviwed by Fredrik Reinfeldt, second episode. Youtube clip (in Danish) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GRuDDYoOeo.

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