Among the municipalities that have rejected a meeting about strengthening work on the issue are Jokkmokk, Växjö and Stockholm. According to P4, most of the municipalities that have refused are governed by the Social Democrats. However, 34 of them have governing coalitions with at least one Tidö party, including Borås.
A survey by SVT has previously shown that resistance is generally high in northern Sweden. In addition to Jokkmokk, Boden, Kiruna, Gällivare, Överkalix, Pajala, Arvidsjaur, Arjeplog, Luleå and Kalix have rejected the proposal.
"Jokkmokk will not assist the forces that today drive the government's policy towards our fellow human beings who work and contribute. The policy pursued is not Swedish. It is based on an un-Swedish way of looking at people and their value," Roland Boman, from the local party Framtid in Jokkmokk Municipality (FJK), justified his decision.
The government, for its part, has said that most municipalities are positive and dismissed the municipalities' similar criticism as an attempt to "score political points."
"It is primarily municipalities led by social democrats, left-wingers and environmentalists. This proves what I have said all along, that they remain in a purely irresponsible migration policy. The same policy that led Sweden into the refugee crisis in 2015," Migration Minister Johan Forssell told TT on Friday.
