Sweden, a nation long known for its open-arms policy toward migrants, plans to drastically increase its cash offer — by 35 times, to more than $34,000 — to those who agree to go home.

This story has become Sweden’s anti-cash parable. Västberga – which is being made into a Netflix film with Jake Gyllenhaal – was part of a wave of robberies in the mid-to-late-2000s that ...

The anti-immigration Sweden Democrats beat out more moderate right-wing parties in a country famed for liberal governance. It is the latest example of the right’s staying power across Europe.