Tidö parties consider earlier release for people facing expulsion
The Tidö parties want an inquiry into whether people serving prison sentences who also have expulsion orders could receive earlier conditional release if they voluntarily leave Sweden.
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The government says some expulsions cannot be enforced because the person's country of citizenship will not accept involuntary returns.
Migration Minister Johan Forssell argues that people who resist removal can remain in Sweden after completing their sentences and potentially commit further offences.
The proposal is at the inquiry stage. No bill has been presented, and the report did not specify which offences or sentence lengths might qualify, how consent would be verified or what safeguards would apply when return could expose someone to danger.
Any final system would have to reconcile enforcement of expulsion orders with equal sentencing, victims' interests and Sweden's obligations against unlawful or unsafe removal.
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