According to Ludvig Beckman, professor of political science at Stockholm University, the deportation policy has become inhumane.
"I cannot legitimize deportations of 18-year-olds who grew up here and whose parents live here," he told Dagens Nyheter on Wednesday.
Alexandra Segenstedt is a lawyer and senior policy advisor at the Red Cross, and one of five other members of the Swedish Migration Board's ethics council. She emphasizes that the council itself is not political.
It is not intended to influence or legitimize politics, but rather to provide ethical guidance to the agency's staff, she says.
Does not plan to leave
At the same time, she shares some of Ludvig Beckman's criticisms.
"What is happening now is a change in legislation that means people don't have the same rights. It will create greater exclusion and split up families," she says.
Despite this, Alexandra Segenstedt does not plan to leave her seat on the council.
"The changes have occurred at a political level. We are trying to provide guidance to the authority that will apply the legislation, and I still see that we have been heard," she says.
The chair: “Meaningful”
Anna-Sara Lind, professor of public law at Uppsala University and chair of the Ethics Council, is not surprised by the development regarding the expulsions either.
I think it makes sense to ask questions about this and to be able to see how difficult ethical dilemmas are worked on at this authority, she says.
She doesn't intend to leave her position either.
The members of the Ethics Council are not part of the executive chain. On the contrary, we are there to raise questions, and I think we do.
