Overview
- The Swedish Parliament approved the law on Monday, June 15, allowing authorities to revoke residence permits for foreign nationals for what it labels 'bad conduct'.
- The measure applies to applications still being processed and can be used retroactively on already granted permits, with the Swedish Migration Agency charged with reviewing cases.
- Officials and the law itself list examples that can trigger revocation, including unpaid debts, undeclared work, crime and ties to extremist groups, although the text does not give a closed list of offenses.
- Decisions by the Migration Agency can be appealed to migration courts, but rights groups and opposition parties say the law is vague, risks arbitrary treatment and may create extra administrative and legal work.
- The law builds on a series of tougher immigration steps since the right-leaning government took office in 2022 and includes new duties for some public employees to report suspected undocumented people, a change critics say could weaken legal protections.