Jump to contentAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleSweden’s right-wing coalition government is offering non-EU residents up to 350,000 Swedish crowns (£27,100) to voluntarily leave the country as part of a £100m remigration scheme. The policy, supported by the far-right Sweden Democrats, follows a 96 per cent drop in asylum seekers in Sweden since 2015. Critics and research experts have described the policy as divisive and symbolic, noting that only 171 people have taken up the cash offer so far this year. The Sweden Democrats now want to extend the financial scheme to foreign-born individuals who hold Swedish citizenship if they agree to revoke it. Alongside the remigration grant, Sweden is tightening wider immigration controls by replacing permanent residency permits with three-year renewals and introducing mandatory citizenship tests. In fullSweden pays foreign residents £27k to leave amid right-wing immigration crackdownMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
Sweden’s right-wing government offers non-EU residents cash to leave country
Jump to contentAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleSweden’s right-wing coalition government is offering non-EU residents up to 350,000 Swedish crowns (£27,100) to voluntarily leave the country as part of a £100m remigration scheme. The policy, supported by the far-right Sweden Democrats, follows a 96 per cent drop in asylum seekers in Sweden since 2015. Critics and research experts have described the policy as divisive and symbolic, noting that only 171 people have taken up the cash offer so far this year. The Sweden Democrats now want to extend the financial scheme to foreign-born individuals who hold Swedish citizenship if they agree to revoke it. Alongside the remigration grant, Sweden is tightening wider immigration controls by replacing permanent residency permits with three-year renewals and introducing mandatory citizenship tests. In fullSweden pays foreign residents £27k to leave amid right-wing immigration crackdownMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
