Fact-check: Does a viral video prove Sweden is overrun with migrants?

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.

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