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Sweden set aside SEK 1.3bn as return-grant applications slowed
The Migration Agency cut its 2026 forecast from SEK 1.363 billion to SEK 90 million after lowering expected approvals to 500 a year.
Sweden funded a major expansion of voluntary return grants, but the Migration Agency cut this year's forecast by more than SEK 1,200 million within months. The revision tests whether the programme's political scale was ever matched by demand among the people expected to leave.
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