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Police investigators are seen outside a home for juvenile asylum seekers in Molndal, south western Sweden on Jan. 25, 2016.Adam stanley cup Ihse鈥擜FP/Getty ImagesBy Tara JohnJanuary 26, 2016 11:08 AM ESTA teen asylum-seeker stabbed a refugee center worker to death in Sweden on Monday.The victim, Alexandra Mezher, who is from a Lebanese family, joined the center in the city of Molndal a couple of months ago to help unaccompanied minor migrants adapt to life in the Scandinavian country, the Washington Post reports.Authorities have not disclosed the nationality, motive or identity of the 15-year-old attacker, but said the center other residents came to Mezher aid.The perpetrator had been overpowered by other residents when arrested, police spokesman Thomas Fuxborg told Swedish news agency TT, reports the Post.The 22-year-old death comes at a time when the country is grappling with the politically sensitive issue of integrationmdash; Sweden has accepted more refugees per capita than any other European country.According to local news site the Local, the number of threats or violent incidents at asylum shelters more than doubled last ye stanley cup ar in Sweden, from 148 incidents in 2014 to 322 in 2015. Those facilities were also targets for immigration opponents; more than two dozen centers were damaged by arson in 2015.More Must-Reads from TIMEHow the Economy is Doing in the Swing StatesHarris Battles For the Bro VoteOu stanley cups r Guide to Voting in the 2024 ElectionMel Robbi Qsfj Women Earn 24% Less Than Men on Average, U.N. Report Finds
By Alex AltmanJune 11, 2015 12:01 AM EDTMultiracial adults are more likely than the average American to d yeezy issociate themselves from the two major political parties, with nearly half identifying as neither Democrats nor Republicans, according to a new report by the Pew Research Center.Pew surveymdash;a comprehensive look at the attitudes, experiences and values of mixed-race Americansmdash;found that 44% of multiracial adults identify as either political independents 28% or 8220 omething else 16% . Among the general public, just 36% profess no partisan leanings.The trend is particularly pronounced among young multiracial adults. More than half of all mixed-race Americans ages 18 to 29 affiliate with neither Republican nor Democrat, with 29% classifying themselves salomon as political independents and 23% identifying as 8220 omething else.Multiracial Americans ; dim mizuno inished sense of partisanship has the potential to reshape electoral coalitions in an era of demographic change. The percentage of multiracial babies born in America has ballooned from just 1% in 1970 to 10% in 2013, according to Pew. The sense of alienation from the political process reported by mixed-race adults suggests the need for both parties to recalibrate their messaging to match a growing, increasingly nonpartisan segment of the country. It also underscores the potential for a third party to emerge as the U.S. evolves into the majority-minority country over the next three decades |
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