Migration in Sweden:
More emigrants than immigrants for the first time in 50 years
According to government forecasts, Sweden will have more emigrants than immigrants this year for the first time in more than half a century. The number of asylum applications is at its lowest level since 1997.
According to the Minister for Migration, Maria Malmer Stenergard, 5,700 more people emigrated than immigrated to the Scandinavian country between January and May 2024. The trend towards a negative migration balance is expected to continue, Malmer Stenergard added, as fewer and fewer asylum applications are being submitted.
"The government's efforts are bearing fruit"
According to the information, it is mainly people who were born in Iraq, Somalia or Syria who are emigrating. "The government's efforts are bearing fruit. The trend towards immigration that can be managed is crucial if we want to improve integration," said the minister.
Conservative Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson took office with the intention of significantly reducing the number of immigrants. His minority government replaced the Social Democrats, who had been in power for eight years, in 2022. In order to govern, he is dependent on the support of the ultra-right Sweden Democrats in parliament. Kristersson had attributed the rampant gang violence in Sweden to an "irresponsible immigration policy and failed integration".
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