Thousands of people have been sentenced to deportation after committing crimes in Sweden. Despite this, the majority remain in the country. A new report shows that many continue to commit crimes before they can be deported.
A new report from the Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention, Brå, shows that only 48% of people sentenced to deportation after imprisonment have actually left Sweden.
The report is based on more than 5 800 people who completed prison sentences between 2013 and 2023 with a deportation order attached to the sentence. Despite the fact that courts have already decided that the persons should leave the country, more than half have not been deported. At the same time, Brå notes that the purpose of criminal deportations is to reduce continued crime in Sweden, something that is made more difficult when the decisions are not enforced.
The new crimes are mainly thefts and burglaries. According to Brå, thefts account for 37% of all new crimes committed after release, which corresponds to around 1,550 of the total 4,197 crimes. Drug and smuggling offenses are the second most common, accounting for 13%, or about 550 offenses. This is followed by crimes against the public and the state at 8.6% and economic crime at 7.8%. Violent crime, including robbery, accounts for 6.6% of crimes.
According to the report, this is partly due to problems with identity documents and host countries refusing to accept their citizens. But Brå also points to organizational problems and shortcomings in the actual enforcement work.
At the same time, the report shows that developments have improved compared to previous years. In 2013, only 18% of deportations were enforced within one year, while the level later rose to around 60%. Brå links the increase to more resources, better cooperation and more structured work by the authorities.
Many are convicted of new crimes
The report also shows that almost one in five people with deportation orders are later convicted of new crimes in Sweden. In total, more than 4 000 crimes were committed after the persons had completed their prison sentences.
The most common crimes are theft, burglary and drug offenses. Brå also notes that many of the crimes take place shortly after release, i.e. while the persons are still waiting to be deported. This means that people who have already been told that they are to leave Sweden still remain and in some cases return to crime.
- Many people are unaware that a relatively large proportion of deportation orders are not actually enforced, says Brå's investigator Johanna Viberg to TV4.
Anders Bergström, an active politician in the nationalist Alternative for Sweden (AFS) and a police officer, is not surprised by the problem. For him, the problem is not just about whether criminals are actually deported.
- The problem is above all the open borders. A person who commits serious crimes can leave Sweden, get a new identity and come back and commit crimes, he says to Frihetsnytt.
Government wants to tighten up the system
Minister for Migration Johan Forssell says the government now wants to make it easier to deport people who commit crimes, while speeding up enforcement.
- I have a responsibility, and that is exactly why we are tightening legislation, says Johan Forssell, referring to the government's new proposals for more criminal deportations and tougher rules, In fact, Sweden will now have the toughest legislation on criminal deportations in the Nordic region.
At the same time, the report points out that legislative changes alone are not enough if the decisions are not fully implemented in practice.
The ”paradigm shift” is going well.
That people don't see through all the lies.
(Bread and circuses)
Everyone can be deported if the will is there but unfortunately the rulers want these parasites to stay.