SD open to stopping teenage deportations

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SD open to stopping teenage deportations
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At the beginning of March, the Tidö parties agreed to temporarily pause the so-called teenage deportations - but this did not apply to decisions that had become legally binding.

The opposition parties in the Riksdag, led by the parties MP and V, then tried to introduce a law to stop all teenage deportations, but lost to the Tidö parties, who won by a narrow margin.

"No problem"

Now SD leader Jimmie Åkesson is opening up about "stopping deportations until we have new legislation in place," reports SVT News.

"I think that if the Migration Board temporarily stops processing cases until new legislation is in place for those who have not already been processed, then I have no problem with also stopping the implementation of deportations until we have new legislation in place," Åkesson tells the TV channel.

KD is also now open to allowing teenagers who have received a deportation order to stay in Sweden, says Minister for Rural Affairs Peter Kullgren (KD) to DN.

I can say that it feels good if we succeed in that. I don't think anyone wants us to be in that situation.

The government has acted on this legislation, and we are now seeing the consequences of it. It simply does not feel right, Kullgren continues.

By May at the latest

Migration Minister Johan Forssell announced at the end of March that a legislative council referral on teenage deportations will be made by May at the latest.

The work to produce the referral is now in full swing, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (M) told reporters ahead of Monday evening's party leadership debate.

We are looking at it very carefully, and I understand that we are very much in agreement as well, he said.

Teenage deportations involve young people whose parents have the right to be in Sweden, but who themselves do not meet the requirements for their own residence permit when they turn 18.

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