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Sweden's New Repatriation Grant Offers 350,000 Kronor to Returnees

The Government's repatriation grant is to amount to 600,000 kronor for a family and 350,000 for an adult. According to the Minister for Migration, comprehensive control measures will prevent fraud.

Sweden's New Repatriation Grant Offers 350,000 Kronor to Returnees

Leave the country and get 350,000 - that's how the benefit should work

The criticism has poured in against the government's sharply increased grants to get people to move back to their countries of origin. But how will the proposal work and why is repatriation so important when immigration to Sweden is at its lowest in almost 30 years? TT has asked the Minister for Migration.

Leave the country and get 350,000 - that's how the benefit should work

Return Grant Skyrockets – up to 350,000

The Government and the Sweden Democrats (SD) want to significantly increase the repatriation benefit from 2026. An immigrant who repatriates will then be able to receive up to 350,000 kronor.

Return Grant Skyrockets – up to 350,000

Investigator: Difficult to get immigrants to return

The Government's investigator would propose measures that strongly stimulate voluntary repatriation. But the investigation concludes that such methods "cannot be found".

Investigator: Difficult to get immigrants to return