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.
According to DN, the Ministry of Justice has paid five million kronor to Somalia to finance three officials close to the Prime Minister.
No wonder
The Ministry of Justice doesn't know the names of the officials either. But that's not surprising, according to Johan Forssell.
The work is being done together with the Somali embassy in Stockholm. Then that embassy is in close contact with authorities at home and the structures that are working to receive people, he tells TT.
He believes that the picture presented in DN is "distorted".
We have received several reports from these services that we fund that describe very carefully what has been done, how they work, and the results.
However, Forssell cannot say what the results are and whether more Somalis have actually been sent out. He points out that the year is not over yet.
I don't have such a figure, we are in November.
Ghost workers?
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.
"There are no indications of any irregularities, let alone any evidence. Various things have been alleged, that there were bribes, no one has been able to prove it. If that were to come to light, we would of course take action," says Johan Forssell.
