I suppose some of the bad press is a matter of what you are used to. Anyone who lived in LA and surrounding areas in the past 25 years is familiar with the new demographics, the take-over by many ethnic, national, and racial enclaves and the resulting changes in patterns of violence, gang wars, sky-rocketing property prices, grime, etc. Yet, for those accustomed to it, it is "normal" to have many unsafe areas - for those accustomed to the way it was before mass immigration its a frightfully violent and depressing.
Many Swedes and Germans may be alarmist because they are not used to the increased crime, street conflict over nationality, education problems, etc. But whether or not it affects the typical German or Swede, those that experience it directly are shocked. What is acceptable for L.A. is not acceptable for Hamburg.
None the less, if even half of what is written is true then you can't avoid a truth: letting Muslim poor into a First World society means higher levels of crime and rape (by European standards).
As Gatestone articles provide links, the real question is do the links show this to be true?
Already, as of three years ago, immigrants, mostly of Muslim descent, were responsible for about 50 percent of the rapes in three Italian cities. [52% of rapes in Rome committed by immigrants, 59% in Milan, 40% in Italy, by Daniel Greenfield, FrontPageMag, December 26, 2012] Now Norway, Sweden, and other nations have also been ravaged by Islamic rapists and even honor killings. [Germany: Muslim father strangled daughter to death in ‘honour killing’ after she shoplifted condoms, by Tom Porter, International Business Times, September 28, 2015]
And the problem will get a lot worse. In 2015, Germany will bring in at least half a million “migrants.” Only now that it’s too late does Germany appear to be regretting its decision to open the gates.
The “migrants” are already running—and ruining—major cities. The police in Hamburg have “capitulated” to Muslim gangs that “outnumber and overwhelm them,” and Muslim rapists, also operating in gangs, are waging sexual jihad. [Polizei kapituliert vor kriminellen Flüchtlinge, Die Welt, November 30, 2014]
Attacks motivated by Islamist ideology, against perceived enemies of the faith.
http://www.vdare.com/articles/memo-to-merkel-refugees-rape?content=The Gatestone Institute,
Alarmist? Perhaps, but if you read the whole article the overwhelming evidence suggests that this truth is durable.