According to Migration Minister Johan Forssell (M), the officials' task is to check the identity of convicted Somalis who are to be deported. But none of the responsible authorities in Sweden has contact with them or knows who they are, reports DN.
This concerns the Swedish Migration Board, the Border Police, NOA and the Swedish Prison and Probation Service's transport department.
"It's a no with a capital N," says Jesper Tengroth, the Swedish Migration Board's press officer, to DN.
Previously, Sveriges Radio Ekot reported on an aid deal where 100 million kronor ended up near the Somali Prime Minister's office in exchange for the country accepting expelled citizens. According to DN, the Ministry of Justice has paid five million kronor to Somalia to finance three officials close to the Prime Minister.
Even the Department of Justice does not know the names of the officials.
We are in contact with the Somali embassy in Stockholm, which is in contact with its authorities at home, says Johan Forssell, stating that no authority has contact with the officials.
According to four sources to DN, the positions involve so-called "ghost workers", people who are assigned to a position without performing the work. In the current case, it is said to involve three already highly paid top civil servants.
