Sweden Passes Strict New Immigrant Residency Laws
The measure also lets authorities revoke permits for unpaid debts, undeclared work and extremist ties, and it passed by a 174-172 vote.
- On Monday, Sweden's parliament passed a law requiring public agency employees to report undocumented migrants, while also allowing authorities to revoke residency permits for "poor conduct" such as unpaid debts. The measure passed narrowly with 174 votes in favor and 172 against.
- Migration Minister Johan Forssell proposed the bill earlier this year to tighten migration rules and crack down on crime, fulfilling a campaign promise from the government's last election. The legislation aims to ensure individuals who do not comply with residency requirements are not supported.
- Civil Rights Defenders warned the mandate creates a "climate of fear" and encourages racial profiling. Researchers also cautioned that administrative reporting by The Migration Agency could still impact vulnerable families, even though schools and hospitals remain exempt from the new requirements.
- The law applies retroactively to both pending and existing residency permits, and experts from Malmo University described the regulation as problematic, noting it creates a "huge deterrence effect" for migrants seeking essential contact with state institutions.
- Precedents in Europe, such as Germany's legislation from the past, align with the new reporting mandate. If the Social Democrats' counter-motion fails, the new rules are set to come into force on July 13th to tighten the immigration system.
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Sweden Passes Law Allowing Immigrants’ Residency Permits to Be Revoked Over Bad Behavior
Sweden’s parliament has passed a law allowing authorities to revoke residence permits from immigrants for “not behaving properly,” the latest in a series of moves breaking away from the country’s once-liberal immigration system. Residency permits can now be revoked for conduct including unpaid debts, undeclared work, organizing begging, and more, even where the behavior falls short of a criminal conviction. The law, passed on June 15, applies to…
Sweden is tightening its migration policy. Parliament, dominated by the far right, has just passed two laws to facilitate the expulsion of migrants, one based on their behaviour, the other on the delation on the part of Swedish officials. Laws denounced by human rights organisations.
They may lose their residence permit, but the vague formula is causing many criticisms and accusations of arbitraryness.
Sweden has been suffering from mass migration for decades. The current Swedish center-right government is therefore adopting stricter legislation regarding migrants. The Swedish parliament, or Riksdag, has backed new legislation that introduces stricter rules on migration and deportations. With 174 votes in favor and 172 against, MPs passed a law that allows authorities to revoke residence permits based on migrants' bad behavior. A law was also …
Authorities will have more tools available to review the situation of foreign residents
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