Sweden Updates Border Policy – Becomes Strictest In Europe

While announcing upcoming changes to Sweden’s border control policy, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson noted that “massive immigration just doesn’t work.” The announced changes will give Sweden the toughest border control policy in Europe. During his remarks, Kristersson also acknowledged that it is too easy for immigrants who don’t speak Swedish to obtain citizenship.

“Let me be clear: Massive immigration and poor integration just doesn’t work,” Kristersson said.

“That is why we are now changing Sweden’s migration policy and making it the strictest in the EU,” he added.

The new policies would include measures to ensure that migrants did not have criminal backgrounds in their countries of origin and also accounts for ensuring that they respect Swedish culture.

“A ‘no’ to asylum means ‘no’ and you have to leave the country. That should be obvious, but it’s not,” Kristersson said.

The prime minister added that citizenship should be about more than simply obtaining a passport. He said that it should be a “social contract and that social contract contains both rights and obligations.”

Up until now, “there has been absolutely no expectation that anyone who comes to Sweden will really learn our language,” which is the “glue that binds us together,” Kristersson added.

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