Refugee crisis - for whom?

Patrik Kronqvist, from Expressen, criticises Anders Danielsson, the Director-General of the Swedish Migration Board, for being too political and an activist. One of the reasons behind this criticism is the harsh answer he gave journalists on the question if we are facing a crisis situation due to the increasing number refugees that come to Sweden seeking asylum:

Of course there is a crisis, but not for us. It is a crisis for the refugees.

Kronqvist then claims that we indeed are facing a crisis, particularly when it comes to housing all these people. We might even have to use the Globe Arena for this purpose.

This is yet another example of the screwed up perspective some people have on the whole situation. How can we even compare our so called crisis to the crisis the refugees are facing. The statement by Danielsson is as true today as it was when he said it. By our measures, the challenges we are facing is definitely extraordinary but to use the same vocabulary to describe it as we use to describe the situation of the people we open our country for is just distasteful.