2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (201+ words) The Local Sweden The Local Sweden - Do Not Process My Personal Information If you wish to opt-out of the sale, sharing to third parties, or processing of your personal or sensitive information for targeted advertising by us, please use the…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (472+ words) SVT's televised immigration debate showed being tough on immigration isn't a straightforward vote-winner any longer. But by focusing almost entirely on refugees, the debate managed to ignore the people who actually migrate to Sweden in the 2020s, writes The Local's James…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (1392+ words) The Social Democrats want to launch a fast-track investigation into residency for people who have lived in the country for a long time in a bid to solve teen deportation and Brexit cases, the party's migration spokesperson has told The…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (669+ words) Internal government emails obtained by The Local show the European Commission pressuring Sweden over treatment of vulnerable British citizens, following media reports of deportation orders given to a 78-year-old woman and a man with Alzheimer’s. A department secretary at the…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1085+ words) Many, perhaps most, of the 100,000 people in the queue when the new citizenship law came into force on June 6th will not meet the new requirements, meaning there's likely to be a wave of rejections. Here's what to do if your…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (544+ words) Sweden's migration minister has defended the country's unusually high refusal rate for post-Brexit residency in response to a parliamentary question asking what action he will take to stop high profile deportations of elderly British citizens. In his written answer, Migration…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (532+ words) Green Party immigration spokesperson Annika Hirvonen has called for Sweden to reinstate the humanitarian safety clause abolished in 2023, arguing that this would prevent the deportation of elderly British citizens like Horace 'George' Mason and Joyce Thomas. "It's just not right…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (127+ words) This week: Sweden Democrats campaign hard, Brexit deportations, citizenship tests and the "caterpillar from hell". With just over three weeks to go until Sweden’s election, the campaign is intensifying. But reaching voters is trickier than usual this year thanks to…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (321+ words) Migration Minister Johan Forssell has told Swedish media he will "look at the issue" of British citizens being issued with deportation orders after being refused post-Brexit residency, after a series of high-profile cases were reported in the media. Forssell said…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (1565+ words) Shima and Bijan left the UK for Sweden seven years ago with their young daughter. If they knew then what they know now about Sweden's approach to family immigration, they say they would never have come. It was for an…...