The Government wants to significantly increase the repatriation benefit from next year. Asylum immigrants may be offered up to 350,000 kronor per adult if they choose to return to their countries of origin.
The Paying Authority warns in its statement on the proposal that the significant increase in support "entails a substantially increased risk of fraud and abuse".
As soon as there are large amounts, it becomes more attractive to criminally try to acquire them, says Director-General Per Eleblad.
Wants to see identity check
He points, for example, to people who have already emigrated but are still registered in Sweden. Another risk is that money is paid out to identities that do not exist as physical persons.
The perhaps most advanced variant is people with multiple identities who return on one identity and remain on another, says Eleblad.
The Authority believes that the proposed measures to prevent incorrect payments are inadequate. Ideally, Eleblad wants the entire so-called identity management in Sweden to be strengthened, including increased use of biometric data. In the short term, the Paying Authority proposes a requirement for attendance and identity check of all family members when submitting an application for repatriation benefit to the Migration Agency.
Tax Authority also concerned
I think that's some kind of minimum level you should require, says Eleblad.
The Tax Authority is also concerned about fraud and points out that a person can appear in the population register under false or multiple identities, and that correct identity information can be exploited or hijacked by another person.
