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A study done by the anti-racist magazine Expo revels that over the past 18 months there have been at least 76 attacks against EU-migrants begging in Sweden, reports Swedish Radio News. ¨

During the same time period, around 30 online forums have been established, which encourage violence against the EU-migrants.

Anders Dalsbro, editor-in-chief of Expo, claims there is a correlation between anti-migrant rhetoric and the violence against them.

“Poor EU-migrants who come to Sweden to beg are exposed to violence and harassment and threats, while encouragements of violence against them occur in social media, where they are dehumanized...