Her government Sweden announced today that it wants to force immigrants to live “with dignity”, paving the way for deportations if they are linked to criminal organizations or threaten “Swedish democratic values”.

“A condition for successful integration is that people who want to live in Sweden follow the basic rules and live honestly,” said the immigration minister, Maria Malmer Stenergardat a press conference he gave together with the Sweden Democrats (SD), the far-right party that supports the government.

The government will examine Swedish law to see if it is possible to use specific reasons to revoke residence permits, the equality minister said. Paulina Brandberg. He gave examples of welfare fraud, debt, drug addiction, obtaining income from illegal activity, or being connected to criminal and extremist organizations “that threaten Swedish values”.

“A basic principle of Swedish immigration law is that only Swedish citizens have the inalienable right to reside in Sweden,” he told reporters. Ludwig Asplingthe representative of the Sweden Democrats, who is responsible for immigration issues.

A former judge, Mr Robert Scottwill undertake the investigation and report its findings by mid-January 2025.

For his part, the Minister of Justice Gunnar Stromer announced that it had requested a report on the revocation of citizenship, particularly in cases of serious crimes, terrorism or if the applicant had lied when applying for citizenship.

In some cases revoking citizenship would make some people stateless.

“Personally, I have no objection. But that will be looked at and we will see what the conclusion will be,” Stromer said on public radio.

The leader of the Conservatives Ulf Christerson he came to power last year with the support of the SD and after pledging to fight illegal immigration and crime.

Since the 1990s, Sweden has received a large number of immigrants, mainly from war zones such as the former Yugoslavia, Syria, Afghanistan, Somalia, Iran and Iraq.