Sweden plans to strip citizenship from criminals who threaten national security!
Sweden is planning to amend its constitution to strip citizenship from dual nationals who obtain their passports fraudulently or commit crimes that threaten national security.
The move would mean that people convicted of crimes such as espionage or treason could have their Swedish passports revoked, as could individuals with dual citizenship who obtained citizenship through bribery or false information, the government said on Wednesday.
The proposals were submitted by a cross-party committee and will be voted on in parliament next year with the aim of the changes coming into force in June 2026. The Swedish constitution currently does not allow for the revocation of citizenship.
“Sweden is facing three parallel and very serious threats to our internal security,” Justice Minister Gunnar Strömmer said at a press conference. “Violent extremism, state actors acting in a hostile manner towards Sweden, and systemic and organized crime.”
Around 600 people considered a security threat by authorities applied for Swedish citizenship last year, Migration Minister Johan Forssell told local media.
The Nordic nation is governed by a minority, center-right government that relies heavily on the support of the Sweden Democrats, a far-right, anti-immigration party that came second in the 2022 election.
Sweden was once considered one of the most immigrant-friendly countries in the EU, and the number of its citizens born abroad has doubled over the past two decades, making up about a fifth of its population of 10.5 million.
However, the country has cracked down on immigration in recent years. While more than 86,000 residence permits were granted to asylum seekers and their relatives in 2016 following the European migration crisis, that number fell to a record low of 6,250 last year.
The government had also requested that members of the criminal gang with dual citizenship be stripped of their citizenship, but the parliamentary committee rejected this proposal.
Earlier this week, the government announced that immigrants seeking citizenship would be required to live in the country for eight years instead of five years before they could apply.
"We will build a Sweden that sticks together, where Swedish citizenship matters most," Forssell said.
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