Swedish government moves ahead with 'teen deportation' relief law
The Swedish government has submitted its completed bill on family immigration law, which includes the measures intended to stop Sweden's so-called 'teen deportations'.

Swedish Migration Minister Johan Forssell has said that teenagers who lose the right to live in Sweden should be allowed to stay long enough to graduate from upper secondary school, in a further sign of government retreat on the issue..
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The Swedish government has submitted its completed bill on family immigration law, which includes the measures intended to stop Sweden's so-called 'teen deportations'.
All parties in the Swedish parliament are backing a proposal to introduce emergency legislation halting the so-called 'teen deportations'. However, bringing the new law into force could take time.
The Green Party and the Left Party have filed a joint motion in the Swedish parliament calling for an immediate freeze on ongoing deportation cases involving young adults – keeping the pressure on the government after la…
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The Swedish parliament's social insurance committee voted 'no' this afternoon on a joint proposal from the Green Party and the Left Party that was intended to reduce the number of so-called teen deportations.
Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said on Tuesday that his government would not bend to pressure over teen deportations and impose a temporary freeze, allowing recent high profile cases to stay in the country.
All 8 parties sitting in the Swedish parliament now support the proposal.Lyssna: Teen deportation stop law now backed by all parties in parliamentAll parties in the Swedish parliament now support a law that would stop so…
The bill Sweden's government has promoted as its solution to teen deportations has instead created a new group of young adults who risk being forced to leave Sweden, a lawyer has warned.
The Swedish Migration Agency has resumed processing of residency permit applications for 18- to 20-year-olds paused in March after the government pledged to bring in a solution to so-called 'teen deportations'.
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