An inquiry looking into extending the possibilities of rejecting and revoking residence permits due to a "flawed way of life", as well as other possible reasons, is set to present its conclusions at a press conference together with the migration minister at 10am on April 1st.
The Local will of course cover whatever comes out of the press conference.
In its so-called Tidö Agreement with the far-right Sweden Democrats, the government pledged, among other things, to propose policy to make it possible to deport foreigners for bristande vandel, a somewhat vague term which translates roughly to having a flawed way of life, poor moral conduct or being of bad repute.
Under bristande vandel, the Tidö Agreement mentions things like associating with criminal gangs or organisations, prostitution, drug abuse or membership of extremist organisations.
According to current Swedish law, people who apply for a permanent residence permit already have to be able to show they “live an orderly life” – a criminal record could for example be grounds for refusing a permanent permit. The government wants to extend this to include other factors than having committed crimes, as well as extend it to temporary permits.
The exact details have been worked out by the inquiry, but it could mean that permits could be refused or revoked for, for example, benefits cheating or abusing the welfare system in other ways, having large debts or being involved in or associating with gang crime or terrorist activities. It could also, according to the government, include statements that threaten democracy or the Swedish system.
There has however been disagreement between the coalition partners about whether or not things like serious substance abuse should be included.
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