Published 13 September 2024 at 11.01
Domestic. Jimmie Åkesson, during a speech in the Riksdag yesterday, chose for the first time to criticize the lack of noticeable change in Sweden's immigration policy. Many voters think that it is going a little too slowly, according to Åkesson.
— And there is a part in that, he told Kristersson.
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TwittraShare< p>With the support of the Sweden Democrats, the government continues to hand out 100,000 residence permits a year and tens of thousands of Swedish citizenships.
In a parliamentary debate on Thursday, Jimmie Åkesson brought up the 67,000 Swedish citizenships that Ulf Kristersson handed out last year.
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— Most of them went to foreigners from Syria, Eritrea, Afghanistan and Somalia. And we know that at group level, these are the ones who have the hardest time integrating in Sweden, said Åkesson.
Åkesson then asked the Prime Minister if he could consider slowing down the distribution of citizenship until its new stricter rules are on place. But Kristersson didn't want that.
— We have the laws we have until we change them, he says.
According to Kristersson, new laws are on the way that will make the requirements to get citizenship is increasing. Until then, the Swedish Migration Agency must apply better controls to avoid that those who should not be granted citizenship under current legislation are mistakenly granted citizenship, according to Kristersson.