A decade after urging compassion towards
migrants, Sweden's government is taking a strikingly different approach
with a new “remigration” initiative. In response to escalating violent
crime rates, including the highest per-capita gun violence in the EU,
the conservative administration has announced plans to incentivize
voluntary return for immigrants, offering up to $34,000 in financial
assistance. This significant policy shift marks a departure from
Sweden's historically welcoming stance on immigration and reflects
growing frustrations over integration challenges and public safety
concerns. As the government embarks on what it calls the era of the
Great Repatriation, the ramifications for both immigrants and Swedish
society are poised to be profound.
Ten years after then-Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfelt told
Swedes to “open your hearts” to migrants, Sweden has announced plans to
pay immigrants up to $34,000 to return home as part of a bold new
“remigration” plan from the conservative government.
The failure to control migration has resulted in a shocking increase
in violent crime in the previously homogenous and peaceful Scandinavian
country. Sweden has the highest per-capita rate of gun violence in the
European Union, with 363 fatal shootings last year — compared to six in
the three other Nordic countries combined.
The era of the Great Repatriation has arrived.
The Swedish government announced on Thursday that it will increase
grants for immigrants who choose to return to their home countries
voluntarily, despite a government-appointed inquiry’s recommendation
last month against a significant increase, Anadolu Agency reports.
Middle East Monitor
reports: Starting in 2026, immigrants who choose to leave the Nordic
country voluntarily will be eligible for financial assistance of up to
350,000 Swedish kronor (approximately $34,000), up from the current
10,000 kronor.
Under the current law, migrants returning home can
get a maximum of 10,000 kronor per adult, or 5,000 kronor per child,
with a maximum of 40,000 kronor per family, according to local
broadcaster, SVT Nyheter.
“We are in the midst of a paradigm shift in our migration policy,” Migration Minister, Johan Forssell, said at a press conference in Stockholm.
According to Ludvig Aspling of the anti-immigrant Sweden Democrats, the grant has been available since 1984 and “is relatively unknown, small, and used by a few people”.
However,
he now believes that heavily promoting substantially increased
financial assistance would encourage more people to accept the offer to
leave the Scandinavian country.
Migrants should hop on this ASAP because forced deportation is what comes next.
