Stockholm can claim success. Migration strategy right-wing government brings the first positive results.
Reuters cited data provided by the Swedish Migration Agency. In 2024 6,250 asylum applications were granted. This is a decrease of 42%. compared to 2022, when the current government took power. This too the lowest result since 1985.
The statistics quoted on Friday may be an impulse for further action government Ulfa Kristerssona. – This number will have to continue to decline – announced the Minister of Migration Johan Forssell.
Sweden. Government success. Record low asylum rate
– Currently we have historically low asylum ratesbut it should be referred to several years in which it was at a very high level – cooled down the mood Minister Forssell.
From 2022, a right-wing government, supported by the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats partystarted concrete action on migration. The goal was to reduce the number of arrivals and dealing with dangerous gangs.
Difficulties have been introduced in obtaining Swedish citizenship and for migrants to bring their family members. The number of newcomers accepted by Sweden as part of cooperation with… United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
Moreover, the government launched the so-called repatriation subsidies. Migrants already in 2026 will be able to obtain as much as PLN 350,000. crowns (approximately PLN 129,000) to return to the country of origin.
Sweden. The government has a plan for migrants. There were words of criticism
As reported by Reuters, Sweden's population is approximately 10.5 million. One fifth of them are nationals born outside Sweden. The peak in residence permits granted was in 2016, when As many as 86,000 were accepted. asylum applications.
The current government's policy has met with a wave of criticism. Human rights activists claim that migrants are unjustly blamed for Sweden's problems.
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