Hospitality

Walking down the carpeted aisle of Sodertalje’s low-slung St. John’s Church on a recent morning, Anders Lago’s broad, blond features looked out of place among the crowd of hundreds of black-clad Iraqi mourners at a memorial service.

Mr. Lago is the mayor of this scenic Swedish town of 60,000 people, which last year took in twice as many Iraqi refugees as the entire United States.

-- Far From War, a Town With a Well-Used Welcome Mat (New York Times, 13 June).

Would Emma Goldman have written "Send your huddling masses to Sweden"? I guess in this case there is fear of a liability issue.