For us, it is important that all people who have found their safe place in our city feel that they are welcome, says Sedat Arif (S), municipal councilor in Malmö, to SVT News.
C, V and MP on Gotland write that they do not have a "need for conversation about how we will become fewer citizens on Gotland" in a press release, according to P4 Gotland.
The government's national coordinator Teresa Zetterblad has sent letters to the municipalities to arrange meetings to strengthen the work with voluntary repatriation.
Jokkmokk municipality was the first to respond with an answer that went viral.
"Thank you, but no thank you", wrote Roland Boman, chairman of the municipal council, from the local party Future in Jokkmokk municipality (FJK) and called the policy "an un-Swedish way of looking at people and their value”.
SVT's survey shows that the resistance is generally large in northern Sweden. In addition to Jokkmokk, among others, Boden, Kiruna, Gällivare, Överkalix, Pajala, Arvidsjaur, Arjeplog, Luleå and Kalix have thanked no to dialogue with the government.
People from other countries are considered by the municipalities necessary in the labor market, for example, to make healthcare and tourism work.
