Sweden’s teen deportation problem ‘extremely easy’ to fix
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Sweden’s teen deportation problem ‘extremely easy’ to fix



In this week’s episode The Local's Nordic editor Richard Orange interviews the Gothenburg-based immigration lawyer Tomas Fridh.

Many of The Local’s readers have been directly affected by a law that has led to the young adult children of permanent residency applicants being forced to leave Sweden unless they’re able to fully provide for themselves.

When the government recently proposed new family reunification rules they indicated that this would effectively put an end to teen deportations.

While he believes the problem is easy to solve, Tomas Fridh fears that the new proposals will actually make the situation worse.

Listen to the interview to find out more about why he’s sceptical of the government’s new plan and to hear what he thinks more broadly about Sweden's increasingly strict immigration policies as someone who’s dealing with their consequences on a daily basis.

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