Sweden's migration minister pledges long-term solution to teen deportations
The Swedish government wants to make permanent new temporary legislation aimed at stopping teenage deportations.
Sweden's Migration Minister Johan Forssell has said he hopes to solve the teen deportation problem "as soon as possible", telling reporters he does not have to wait until a new law with an exemption clause is scheduled to come into force next January..
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The Swedish government wants to make permanent new temporary legislation aimed at stopping teenage deportations.
Migration Minister Johan Forssell has given a flat "no" to a stop law put forward by the opposition on the much-debated teenage deportations. The opposition's attempt to get such a law passed will be decided next week.
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More than 130 teenage children of foreign workers were ordered to leave Sweden without their parents last year, according to an analysis by The Local – showing that 'teen deportations' in this this category, largely igno…
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