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Journalist Ami Horowitz told Fox News people high up in the Swedish government are deliberately covering up and protecting perpetrators of rapes to protect "vulnerable" migrants. During an explosive interview on Friday, Mr Horowitz claimed the refugee violence crisis was out of control but that "European virtues" had put a stop to any discussion on the statistics. His claims caused Donald Trump to tell a rally in Florida that migration in Europe was out of control and wrongly claim there had been a security incident in Sweden. He later said his comments were actually in reference to the Fox report rather than one specific incident. Sweden accepted 160,000 asylum-seekers last year, with Fox reporting only 500 have managed to gain employment – 0.3 per cent of those who arrived to claim refugee status.

FOX; GETTY Tucker Carlson, an anchor at the US news station, called Sweden's response "grotesque"

Horowitz said: "Sweden consider themselves a humanitarian superpower, perhaps the only superpower they could possibly qualify for. "So they want to open up their borders up to everyone and anyone. "From the onset of the refugee crisis, there was a surge in gun violence and rape - the statistics were clear. "But locals were just said 'it was men, not refugees' so the majority in Sweden still want to have an open door policy. It’s confounding, really." He continued: "The Swedish government try to cover up refugee rapes. "There were a spate of violent attacks and sexual assaults at a music festival but officials tried to cover up who the perpetrators were. "The government has gone out of its way to cover up these figures."

FOX Swedish government are 'purposely covering up' the prepretrators of rape crimes to protect migrants

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The Swedish government try to cover up refugee rapes Ami Horowitz

Tucker Carlson, an anchor at Fox, called Sweden's response "grotesque" before saying that "Western masochism knows no bounds". Prime Minister Stefan Löfven implemented border controls in October 2016 and a study by think tank Demos this week found there had been an increasing use of the term "Swedish values" by all parties, since the beginning of 2015, as they began to recognise public concerns. Many fear that the high levels of unemployment among migrants in Sweden means greater social unrest will be inevitable. Later in the interview, Horowitz warned if Sweden did not change its policy soon, then they will have to prepare for "social unrest and terrorism just like in France and Belgium".

AFP Donald Trump alluded to a security incident which took place in Sweden over the weekend

FOX Mr Horowitz warned if Sweden did not change its policy soon, they will face terrorism

GETTY Mr Horowitz said that the refugee violence crisis was out-of-control