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Sweden Deporting Young People— Forced Out as They ‘Age Out,’ as Families Remain (www.hrw.org)
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Ayla, 21, Jomana, 18, and Ilya, 19, came to Sweden as children, though at different ages and under different circumstances. Today they face the same reality: all have been ordered to leave the country alone while their families remain.

These cases stem from Sweden’s increasingly restrictive migration policy, under which young people who turn 18 before obtaining permanent residency are no longer considered part of their parents’ family unit. The Swedish Migration Agency states that residency based on parental ties is granted only in exceptional cases involving “special dependency.” A normal parent-child relationship is not sufficient.

On February 17, 2025, a multiparty proposal to stop these deportations did not gain a majority in the Parliamentary Committee on Social Insurance, despite cross-party recognition that the practice separates families.

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[–] lime@feddit.nu 15 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

the current big talking point is about an 8-month old that is supposed to be deported alone and a family with an 8-year old that is supposed to be deported despite making enough money to stay, because the wrong parent is the earner.

i can only hope this is malicious compliance because the bureau enforcing it is displaying the actual text to everybody to show that there is no room for misinterpretation.

the media keeps asking the mp's who pushed for this law if this is what they wanted and they keep saying no.

[–] 0xtero@beehaw.org 5 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

But they're all afraid to say anything or trying to stop it because they think the Swedish people will vote for the Nazi party if they don't keep deporting immigrants. It's all just game to get votes and appear anti-immigration. Sweden really is the European mini-U.S.

[–] lime@feddit.nu 1 points 14 minutes ago

if the election goes their way it's 99.9% they'll have to form a coalition government just like they tried to last time, and the other parts of the right still don't want to do that, not to mention that they've all shrunk in the polls.

the left is polling at like 54% but they also don't want to form a coalition because the center party thinks the nazis and the leftists are equally bad. this election is going to be a shitshow.