Sweden Considers Offering Naturalized Citizens Money to Return to Countries of Origin

Published on August 17, 2024

The Swedish government is considering offering foreigners who become naturalized citizens money to leave the country. The current “voluntary remigration” scheme offers 10,000 Swedish kroner ($960) per adult and 5,000 kroner per child, plus travel costs for refugees and migrants to leave Sweden. Stockholm is considering widening the program under which migrants struggling to integrate into Swedish society are encouraged to leave, including naturalized Swedes and migrant families, according to a proposal submitted to Sweden’s Immigration Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard on Aug. 13. An inquiry recommended widening the proposal but rejected increasing the grant in case it sends a signal to immigrants that “they are not welcome in Sweden.”  ...

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