The government presented new legislation where a decision would instead be valid for five years “after the person leaves the ...

The centre-right government -- a minority coalition propped up by the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats -- came to power in ...

Sweden fascinates policy scholars, and with good reason. While ostensibly part of the club of advanced, progressive ...

Asylum seekers who have their applications rejected should not be able to stay in Sweden to reapply, the government and ...

But Sweden had thousands more reported rapes, and there is no ethnic breakdown for those. Immigration and crime are major issues in Sweden's general election campaign. The vote is on 9 September.

"Call it an ultimatum if you want," exclaimed Left Party leader Nooshi Dadgostar as she laid out in the starkest terms yet ...

Sweden and Finland have all begun warning their residents to prepare for the possibility of war as Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine rages on. Stockholm on Monday published its latest ...

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Another disadvantage is that immigration covers up a great many social problems ... getting migration badly wrong. Not so long ago, Sweden was in crisis after taking on far more refugees than it was ...

Sweden's government on Tuesday announced a bill that would restrict the possibility of rejected asylum seekers re-applying without having left the country.