Riots were happening in the streets of Stockholm since the night of Tuesday up until Wednesday as police thinks of tactics to handle the crisis for a possible fourth night of turbulence, Richard Milne of Financial Times reported.

The riots started in the northwestern suburb of Husby and since Tuesday had reached at least 12 other suburbs north and south of Stockholm. The rioters were said to be young immigrants of African and Middle Eastern origin.

The rioters were totally uncontrollable as they had reportedly burned cars, vandalize the buildings and throw stones at ambulances. According to the policeman interviewed by Swedish TV, "We are grubby and totally shattered. It is burning everywhere."

According to correspondent Richard Milne, the riots might have been provoked by Sweden's generous welfare state and open immigration policy. "Sweden accepted 44, 000 asylum seekers in 2012, up by nearly a half from a year earlier. Among industrial countries, it has the second-largest amount of asylum-seekers relative to its population, according to U.N. figures. Sweden prides itself on treating them well, offering them benefits and housing as well as free Swedish lessons on arrival."

In Husby, where the riots had reportedly started, 80 per cent of the population was immigrants complaining about unemployment. In Sweden, youth employment is at 25.1 per cent and a big chunk of that figure is among immigrants from Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria.

Per Adman, associate professor at Uppsala University explained that "Sweden isn't that different to other countries when it comes to problems of integration in larger cities where we have these suburbs with a lot of unemployment. The media often refers to unemployed young men without specifying that they are predominantly immigrants. Some people claim this is just criminals acting; others say it's a result of segregation."

In Husby, the riots were obviously seen as a result of segregation. Mr. Hersi expressed strong disapproval against the riots lest he said that the "Violence we have seen is just a symptom; it is not a root cause. The root cause is that in this area the young men especially feel that they don't have the same opportunities. Most of them, if you ask them, don't want anything more than a job to go to in the morning."

OECD had also put emphasis on the issue of segregation and reported that the unemployment rate for Swedish-born is only about 6 per cent as compared to the 16 per cent unemployment rate of those born in different countries now living in Sweden.

As much as Sweden remained one of the most egalitarian countries in the world, a drastic increase in inequality had happened in the last 15 years. Immigration experts said that this happened because Sweden hired low-skilled workers for manufacturing plants after the war. Consequently, Sweden had an influx of less educated immigrants who had been experiencing difficulty finding a job.

Mr. Hersi further explained, "Historically, Swedish society has been very homogenous. But over the past 10 years there has been a big shift, and some suburbs now are world villages. The development has gone very fast and much of the society hasn't understood the nature of the situation."

Immigration issues had already changed the political stand point in Sweden. Swedish Democrats, the third largest party in Sweden is an anti-immigrant.

Minister for migration, Tobias Billstrom, said that "Sweden is one of the countries that receive the most immigrants in EU. That's not sustainable. Today, people are coming to households where the only income is support from the municipality. Is that reasonable?"