Hear No Evil: Swedish interpreter suspended for accusing Arab refugees of lying
A female interpreter at the Swedish Migration Board has been suspended from duty and is awaiting an investigation for her ‘inappropriate’ comment that many Arabs “lie about their background” to secure asylum in Sweden.
A female interpreter at the Swedish Migration Board has been suspended from duty and is awaiting an investigation for her ‘inappropriate’ comment that many Arabs “lie about their background” to secure asylum in Sweden.
The interpreter, who spoke disparagingly of Arabs during an interview with Syrian asylum-seekers in Örebro, Sweden, was suspended from duty, Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter reported.
The woman reportedly welcomed the tightening of the Swedish asylum laws and said that Arabs who come to Sweden are lying and exaggerating about their backgrounds and personal histories in order to make it easier to obtain asylum and welfare bonuses.
The interpreter herself was reported to have a Christian Iraqi background; while tens of thousands of Christians have been enslaved by ISIS or forced to flee Northern Iraq and neighboring parts of Syria.
