A video allegedly showing a crowded market in Sweden claims the country is accepting too many immigrants. But the original clip was filmed in Syria.
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00:00 This viral video proved that Sweden is overrun with migrants.
00:04 That`s what some social media users and members of the far right party Britain First are saying.
00:09 Let`s see if that`s true.
00:16 This video on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, alleges to show
00:21 a market in Sweden.
00:23 Multiple Twitter users, including members of the far right Britain First party, are
00:27 claiming this clip is proof that Sweden is occupied by foreigners.
00:56 By doing a reverse image search, we found this video has nothing to do with Sweden.
01:00 It was actually filmed in Aleppo, Syria.
01:03 The original eight-minute video was posted to YouTube in June 2022 by an account that
01:08 describes itself as documenting daily life in Syria.
01:12 The portion of the video shown in the viral clip starts at the one-minute, three-second
01:18 mark.
01:19 According to the YouTube channel, the original clip was filmed in Aleppo`s Abara market.
01:24 To see if that`s true, we did a reverse image search of this moment where you could see
01:28 a distinctive sculpture and a mosque.
01:31 We found a stock photo displaying the same structure and mosque confirming this was indeed
01:35 filmed in the center of Aleppo, Syria.
01:44 According to a 2023 report by the EU Agency for Asylum, it`s true that Sweden is the European
01:51 country that resettled the largest number of refugees in 2022.
01:55 Germany, Sweden and Norway received the majority of resettled refugees in Europe.
02:01 However, when looking at the number of refugees resettled relative to the population of the
02:06 countries that take them in, the picture is slightly different.
02:10 From 2008 to 2021, the countries that took in the most refugees compared to its population
02:16 were Norway, Sweden and Finland, according to the Migration Observatory.
02:20 For more fact checks and investigations, check out our website, Euronews.com.
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