| 00:00 | | I talked to a lot of people today, |
| 00:04 | | including migrants, police officers, journalists, |
| 00:09 | | not least to obtain an understanding about |
| 00:12 | | who the people here are and where they’re heading. |
| 00:16 | | Many say that they’re on their way to northern Europe. |
| 00:19 | | They want to go to Germany, Sweden, France, etc. That’s is essentially what I am doing. |
| 00:24 | | We also handed out leaflets that inform about Sweden, |
| 00:28 | | and that it is full, and we can’t receive any more people. |
| 00:31 | | What is written in the leaflets? — Basically it’s written that Sweden is full! |
| 00:36 | | And we’re unable to give money or provide housing to more migrants. |
| 00:42 | | So if they want to go to Sweden, they shouldn’t. |
| 00:47 | | Who has received the leaflets? Who did you distribute them to? |
| 00:51 | | To migrants. Predominantly adult men… |
| 00:55 | | A lot of them want to go to Europe, and particularly northern Europe, due to various reasons. |
| 01:02 | | How do the migrants react to the leaflets? |
| 01:07 | | Many do understand the message! |
| 01:10 | | But they certainly have their own perspective, as I have mine. |
| 01:13 | | I’m a Swedish politician, and I have the responsibility to make sure Swedish society |
| 01:18 | | is free of conflicts as much as possible, and to keep it coherent. And to keep the welfare system |
| 01:21 | | in check. This could be insignificant from their perspective; |
| 01:24 | | therefore they may not care as much about what I’m saying. |
| 01:27 | | What do you think when you meet them? How do they feel and how do they appear? |
| 01:32 | | Do you feel anything? Does it grieve you? |
| 01:38 | | I experience a mixture of feelings. |
| 01:41 | | On one side, it’s definitely saddening, and I feel, |
| 01:44 | | along with them, their very vulnerable situation. |
| 01:47 | | They are often far away from their homes, |
| 01:50 | | and are on their way to Europe, and they probably dream about it. |
| 01:54 | | On the other hand, I am worried that there might be a new situation |
| 01:58 | | similar to the one we had in 2015 when we lost control. |
| 02:01 | | That shouldn’t happen again! Therefore, it’s important |
| 02:05 | | to assist Greece in maintaining the external border, |
| 02:08 | | to make sure it won’t be 2015 all over again. —Do you think that by doing this |
| 02:12 | | it would be taken as a provocation from you and the Sweden Democrats? |
| 02:15 | | There are certainly people who will take it as a provocation! |
| 02:18 | | But I consider it to be my responsibility to express the message, |
| 02:22 | | which I think is important and real, in all plausible contexts, |
| 02:25 | | and to be out in the real world, |
| 02:28 | | also to inspect the way the bits and pieces relate to each other. |
| 02:32 | | Not merely through the filters and of the media and social media platforms, |
| 02:36 | | which don’t always convey the whole picture. I am grateful |
| 02:39 | | for what I can acquire by being present here.
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