Refugees Will Cost Sweden $18.6 Billion This Year—9.3x Over-Budget

Migrants Will Cost Sweden 19% Of It’s National Budget

Sweden’s 318,000 “Syrian” refugees, or migrants, will cost the country a bare minimum of $18.6 billion USD in 2017.

That’s 19% of Sweden’s central government’s annual budget, and 3.2% of their GDP—imagine if the US spent $608 billion a year on refugees, same proportions.

That’s just over $58,490 per refugee per year.  For reference, the average Swedish household’s disposable income is only $28,859 USD per year.

Of this, $8.7 billion are the hidden costs of increased migrant crime incidents (specifically, increased rates of rape and sexual assault)—which the government refuses to publicize.

Furthermore, migrants are not contributing to Sweden’s economy—of those refugees that came in 2015, only 500 have jobs.

Calculating the Cost of Sweden’s Syrian Refugees

Let’s look at the facts.

Since 2013, Sweden has been deluged by 318,000 total migrants—lots of people, given there are only 10 million people in Sweden (2 million of which are immigrants themselves).

Furthermore, due to public pressure, the government has stated it intends to deport some 80,000 migrants.

To cover their costs, Sweden’s government has budgeted $2.2 billion for “migration” for 2017.

This is absurdly low.

Why?

Sweden’s government deliberately hides the true costs of the migrant crisis to maintain order—they refuse to collect statistics, and punish those that leak information with draconian “hate speech” legislation.  Although in all honesty, social pressure is usually enough to keep people quiet.

This is also the case in Germany, where the number of Islamic immigrants in the country is underestimated by half.

Therefore, I base my analysis on the work of private researchers, who have tried to fill the statistical gaps left by Sweden’s government.

The Cost Of Migrants In Sweden

Here’s how the basic costs break down in very specific terms (figures converted to USD):

1.  Let’s assume that Sweden immediately deports 80,000 people, as they plan to.  Given the average cost of deporting someone in Sweden is $37,000, this works out to $2.96 billion.

Why is this so expensive?  Although the enforcement costs are fairly high (these people don’t want to leave willingly), the biggest chunk here is eaten up in legal expenses.  Refugees are afforded due process in Sweden, which eats up time and money.

2.  Sweden’s government spends roughly $17,000 per year, per adult migrant, on general asylum costs.  This includes things like housing, food etc.  Given that there are 181,000 adult migrants, this works out to $3.1 billion—already 50% higher than Sweden’s budgeted “migration” costs.

3.  Sweden also has a very generous welfare system when it comes to “underage” migrants—their subsidies actually work out to $74,000 per year (they get a daily stipend for food etc.).  Since there are an estimated 57,000 migrant children in Sweden, this works out to $4.2 billion.

4.  The cost of social services is enormous: migrants get access to Swedish state-funded education, healthcare etc.  However, since Sweden’s government excludes migrant status from usage statistics, it’s impossible to know their exact burden.

The exception is education—we know that migrant children are educated at a cost of $17,600 per year.  This works out to $1 billion a year.

The real education costs are probably higher (but the data is inadequate), because migrant children need translators (sometimes 5 translators per classroom), schools have to pay for added security measures, and migrant children often exhibit learning disabilities (caused by trauma, poor developmental healthcare in their homeland etc.) which means nurses & care-workers are needed in greater numbers.

5.  Healthcare costs regarding the refugees are also significant, with migrants receiving full benefits under Swedish law.  Given that Sweden spends an average of $6,808 on healthcare per person per year, this works out to $1.6 billion for the migrants.  Again, the real costs are probably higher, because the migrants are, by and large, not as healthy as are native Swedes.

For example, many need expensive dental work and surgeries that they couldn’t get in Afghanistan.

In total, the base cost of migrants to Sweden will be at least $9.9 billion in 2017.

And no, they’re not “contributing to the economy” as many on the left claim—only 500 of the 163,000 migrants that arrived in 2015  have jobs.

They live on state handouts.

That’s not surprising, given the massive cultural and language barriers, and the fact that most of the migrants lack relevant job skills—even if they wanted jobs, they probably couldn’t get them.

The Hidden Costs Of Sweden’s Migrant Crime Epidemic

Crime is expensive: not only is policing costly, but price of administering justice is astronomical—there’s a reason lawyers are rich.

First, let’s be clear: the “Syrian refugees” have caused an enormous amount of crime in Sweden, particularly violent and sexual crimes (in other words, the expensive ones).

This should be self-evident to anyone who’s been following the news.  Even the 60 Minutes Australia crew was forced to admit it, when they were attacked by a gang of refugees:

Still, I know this is often a sticking point for those on the left, so let’s break it down statistically.

1. Sweden’s police officers admit that migrants are causing most of Sweden’s crime.

2. Sweden’s National Police Commissioner, Dan Eliasson, has stated that he needs at least 4,100 new full-time officers to deal with the surging crime rates (at a cost of over $160 million a year).

3. Swedish police have now labelled 55 areas as “no-go” zones—206,000 people live in these areas.  They are migrant slums which have replaced domestic law for Sharia.

4. Statistics bare this out.  In fact, migration is to blame for 95% of Sweden’s increasing crime rate (the other 5% is natural population increase).

Furthermore, the types of crimes committed by migrants are an order of magnitude more serious than they used to be.

As you can see in the following charts, which tracks the crime rate of immigrant/migrant men aged 15-44, the number of incidents of serious crimes (red bar) has tripled since 2000, this includes things like murder, rape, and aggravated or sexual assaults.

The number of incidents of moderately serious crimes (yellow bar) has doubled, this includes things like muggings or vehicle theft.  The number of less serious crimes is basically unchanged.

This shows that the new migrants are indeed to blame for Sweden’s increase in serious crime—especially the “rape epidemic” which has taken hold on the country.

And if that wasn’t enough, we can take a quick look at the rape statistics from 2011 (remember, the Swedish government stopped collecting statistics based on ethnicity, because they didn’t like what they saw).

The below graph shows that immigrants are over-represented dramatically when it comes to rape.  It’s not even close, don’t give me any of that “all cultures are equal” bullshit.  I’ve had quite enough of it.

What Are The Costs Of Migrant Crime In Sweden?

According to a recent study by Ingvar Nilsson, the average cost of an incident of a less serious crime in Sweden, like a mugging, are $22,000.

The cost of a serious crime (violent or sexual assaults) averages out to $67,000.

Expenses included by the researchers include ambulance costs, emergency room operations, sick leave, the need for social assistance for injured people, police investigations, the court system etc.  My point: it was very thorough.

If we calculate the increased cost of crimes associated with the migrants, it turns out that serious crimes cost Sweden an additional $6.5 billion, while less serious crimes cost an additional $2 billion.  Finally, extra policing costs will require a minimum of $200 million for additional officers and equipment.

In total, increased incidents of crime (mostly caused by the migrants) costs Sweden roughly $8.7 billion a year.

When this is added to our previous total (and including extra policing costs etc.), we get our grand total of $18.6 Billion for 2017.

Migrants Will Cost Sweden More Than Money

Perhaps it’s time Sweden, and the West, stopped thinking in terms of how it should deal with the refugee crisis, and think in terms of what it can do—Sweden’s model is simply not sustainable.

Migrants cost Sweden almost 20% of its government budget, and it will only get worse.  In fact, even the UN predicts that Sweden will become a 3rd world country by 2030.

It’s almost inevitable at this point.

Of course, Sweden’s not alone: America also wastes enormous amounts of money, such as $190 billion on foreign aid—meanwhile nearly 50,000 US veterans live on the streets.

Nero fiddled while Rome burned.

Just as a side-note: if Sweden wanted to help refugees so badly, why didn’t they help the 2.6 million Ukrainian refugees fleeing civil war?  They’re closer, share European cultural roots, and they have a political interest in realigning Ukraine away from Russia.

I guess Ukrainians aren’t “diverse enough”.