Syria is closest at hand. There we hope to get a functioning return in place. We have worked in this way also in Iraq and in Lebanon, says Dousa to Dagens Nyheter.
It was during Wednesday that Sveriges Radio Ekot revealed that Swedish aid of 100 million kronor to Somalia was redirected to projects near the Somali prime minister's office in exchange for Somalia to take back forcibly deported citizens.
After the revelation, the Center Party has called the Minister for Development Cooperation Benjamin Dousa to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Dousa said on Wednesday to TT that the use of aid policy as a tool to get a functioning return in place is an important part of the reorientation of Swedish aid.
It is new for Sweden, but in Denmark they have done this for decades. I hope that we can make more such agreements. It's about people who either have been denied their asylum application or non-Swedish citizens who have committed serious crimes here, he said.
