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Sweden Plans to Increase Deportation Sentences for Foreign Criminals

New rules can lead to the number of foreigners who are sentenced to deportation due to crime being sixfold. It is finally settled with people who come to Sweden and commit crimes, says Migration Minister Johan Forssell (The Moderate Party).

Sweden Plans to Increase Deportation Sentences for Foreign Criminals

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

Sweden Proposes Stricter Asylum Laws, Ends Permanent Residency

The government's investigator proposes that the possibility of permanent residence permits be completely removed for asylum immigrants. The right to public counsel for asylum seekers is proposed to be limited.

Sweden Proposes Stricter Asylum Laws, Ends Permanent Residency

Sweden Proposes Tighter Security at Migration Detention Centers

The order and control at the Migration Agency's detention centers should be tightened. Living quarters should be allowed to be searched and body searches permitted in more cases.

Sweden Proposes Tighter Security at Migration Detention Centers

Sweden Considers Deportation for Misbehavior Under New Proposal

Residence permits in Sweden may be denied or revoked for individuals who are deemed to misbehave, according to a proposal from the government's investigator. What is considered to be shortcomings in lifestyle will be determined in migration courts.

Sweden Considers Deportation for Misbehavior Under New Proposal

Sweden Considers Using Albanian Centers for Deportees in Italy

Sweden may send people who are to be deported to Italy's disputed center in Albania, possibly very soon. I have made inquiries, says Migration Minister Johan Forssell (The Moderate Party) on site in Italy.

Sweden Considers Using Albanian Centers for Deportees in Italy

Sweden's Migration Agency Faces Criticism for Slow Citizenship Processing

Thousands of cases pending and partially arbitrary handling. The Migration Agency's work is not efficient, according to the National Audit Office.

Sweden's Migration Agency Faces Criticism for Slow Citizenship Processing

Migrant camps outside the EU - so more can be deported

The EU Commission is opening up for "return hubs" where deported migrants are to be gathered in countries outside the EU. "A low point", says human rights organization Amnesty International.

Migrant camps outside the EU - so more can be deported

EU Eyes Temporary Returns for Syrian Refugees Amid Policy Talks

Can the regime's fall in Syria get more refugees to return home? Now, several EU countries are hoping for at least temporary home visits to investigate the situation. .

EU Eyes Temporary Returns for Syrian Refugees Amid Policy Talks

Forssell and Åkesson in dispute over multiculturalism

Minister for Migration Johan Forssell (M) thinks that multiculturalism enriches Sweden. This has made SD leader Jimmie Åkesson furious and call him clueless.

Forssell and Åkesson in dispute over multiculturalism

Ten percent more to Ericsson's board

Ericsson's major shareholders propose that board fees should be increased by 8-10 percent. This is to "enable the recruitment and retention of high-quality individuals while being reasonable in comparison with other global technology companies of similar size and complexity", the telecom company writes as motivation in the notice to the annual general meeting on March 25.

Ten percent more to Ericsson's board

Proposal: Deportees to be held in custody longer

More asylum seekers who have been rejected should be able to be detained and stay there longer, up to one and a half years, proposes the government's investigator. More people should also be able to be monitored with electronic ankle tags and not be allowed to leave their municipality.

Proposal: Deportees to be held in custody longer

Minister for Migration Forssell: Stricter requirements for citizenship - from day one

The requirements for becoming a Swedish citizen should be tightened. But Minister for Migration Johan Forssell (M) wants to go further than the investigator – and skip transitional rules.

Minister for Migration Forssell: Stricter requirements for citizenship - from day one

120 Swedes on the list – to be deported from the USA

1. 4 million people who lack permission to live in the USA are to be deported.

120 Swedes on the list – to be deported from the USA

Forssell: Tighten Income Requirements for Citizenship

The rules for obtaining Swedish citizenship are to be tightened. But the government wants to go further than the investigator's proposal on maintenance requirements.

Forssell: Tighten Income Requirements for Citizenship

The Sweden Democrats Take a Stand for Loyalty Declaration

The Sweden Democrats are now fighting to require new citizens to "make a loyalty declaration to the nation". I see no reason to relinquish anything we have agreed on, says party leader Jimmie Åkesson to Expressen.

The Sweden Democrats Take a Stand for Loyalty Declaration

Proposal: Requirements for Honesty for Citizenship

The rules for obtaining Swedish citizenship are to be tightened. A new inquiry proposes stricter requirements for a "law-abiding lifestyle" and that the time one must reside in Sweden is increased by three years.

Proposal: Requirements for Honesty for Citizenship

Record-low asylum immigration - "needs to decrease"

The refugee immigration to Sweden is the lowest in 40 years. I believe it needs to continue to decrease, says Migration Minister Johan Forssell (The Moderate Party).

Record-low asylum immigration - "needs to decrease"

The Green Party reports the government to the Constitutional Committee for migration requirements

The Green Party is reporting the government to the Constitutional Committee for its decision to task the Migration Agency with further tightening security checks on individuals who have applied for Swedish citizenship, according to TV4. .

The Green Party reports the government to the Constitutional Committee for migration requirements

Stricter Controls for Citizenship

The Swedish Migration Agency is to further tighten control over individuals who have applied for citizenship. The purpose is to prevent those who pose a security risk from becoming Swedish citizens.

Stricter Controls for Citizenship

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

The Police Should Inform About Repatriation Grants

Immigrants who encounter the police next year may be informed about the return allowance. The government points out four authorities that will help the Migration Agency to inform about the allowance.

The Police Should Inform About Repatriation Grants

The Government wants to help Syrians return

The Migration Agency is to map out what support may be needed if a large number of Syrians further ahead want to return to their home country. It's a very large number who have come to Sweden and we must always be prepared, says Minister for Migration Johan Forssell (The Moderate Party).

The Government wants to help Syrians return

Proposal: Leave the country to seek asylum again

People who receive a deportation order should not be able to stay in Sweden and apply for asylum again, according to the government. Instead, they must leave the country – and a new application cannot be submitted until after five years.

Proposal: Leave the country to seek asylum again