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Sweden’s parliament passed a law on Monday allowing authorities to revoke immigrants’ residency permits based on bad behaviour, ​such as having unpaid debts, doing undeclared work or ‌links to extremist organisations.

The law, which covers pending permits but also retroactively already granted permits, is part of a wider tightening of immigration ​rules by the right-wing government and its support party, ​the nationalist Sweden Democrats, ahead of a parliamentary election ⁠in September.

The law has been criticised by the opposition and ​human rights advocacy groups as arbitrary because decisions would be taken ​on behaviour that has not been deemed criminal.

  • OccamsTeapot@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    66·
    14 hours ago

    Clearly respect for democracy and protection of minorities should be respected by immigrants, and immigrants coming from different cultures that do not have this respect as part of their culture is a democratic problem for more developed cultures.

    Then make it a requirement of entry. Or - and I can’t stress this enough - shut the fuck up about it.

    “Oh we let you in and you haven’t done anything wrong legally but we just realised we don’t like you so please leave.”

    Grow the fuck up. Change the rules fairly or deal with the consequences of your actions.

    Not you personally, obviously. This argument is just pathetic.

    Like if you don’t want asylum seekers or immigrants, just say so. Pull out of the conventions. Change the laws. Do whatever. But don’t accept people in and then act like they’re the problem rather than your own short sightedness (and, often, straight out racism).