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submitted 1 month ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

KEY POINTS

  • Sweden is often viewed as a liberal utopia in Europe, known for its stable economy, high quality of life, and open and progressive society.
  • But its center-right coalition government — which is propped up by the nationalist and right-wing Sweden Democrats party — has adopted an increasingly restrictive stance on immigration.
  • The country is trumpeting its lower numbers of immigrants, but economists say the economic benefits are debatable, with growth and productivity among the factors to consider.
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[-] mumblerfish@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago

[the right wing government] says it is implementing a “paradigm shift” in its migration policies [...]

Note that at the same time, the social deomocrats are trying to embrace this paradigm shift as their doing and that what is being done now is just details on their work.

government has proposed new initiatives to deport or repatriate migrants

This also includes just a vague "bad behavior", "vandel". And in examples given by government representatives it could mean things like being a victim of a crime.

[-] lime@feddit.nu 22 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

don't forget the automated facial recognition in all public spaces proposal from a few weeks ago, with the defense "these laws can be repealed later, you know"

[-] dojan@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

Wow I’d missed that. Honestly we need to throw out the entire parliament. They’re all broken.

[-] lime@feddit.nu 10 points 1 month ago

i added a link. this was from the chief of police, so not a "legal" proposal yet.

[-] dojan@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Wasn’t he in hot water for corruption a while ago?

[-] lime@feddit.nu 3 points 1 month ago

dont't think so, she's pretty new. you may be thinking of the ÖB, Bydén.

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