The investigation was appointed in light of the serious security situation that Sweden is considered to be in, and has reviewed the Act on Special Control of Certain Foreigners (LSU).
It is currently used to deport foreigners who pose a serious security threat or who are believed to be likely to commit or assist in terrorist crimes.
The investigator now proposes a possibility to deport criminals who do not have Swedish citizenship, without having been convicted of a crime. The police should be able to initiate a deportation case or recommend deportation in an ongoing case, if it is considered that the person should not have the right to reside in Sweden due to connections to criminal networks.
The case will then be processed by the Swedish Migration Board, but the police will have the right to appeal the decision.
Those affected by the proposal are foreigners who “participate in or have connections with criminal networks.” What this means in practice, Minister of Justice Gunnar Strömmer cannot answer at this time.
"We will analyze what the investigation has to say. But it is important to emphasize that it will of course require a concrete and tangible connection to such a crime, and also a certain seriousness in the crime," he says.
The proposal is now being sent for consultation.
