Internal criticism from Liberals: Stop proposals on return migration

The government’s own investigator advised against the Tidö agreement’s proposal with greatly increased contributions to those born abroad who want to return to their home countries.
Now TV4 Nyheterna can tell you that the government and SD are still negotiating to go ahead with a sharp increase.
Something that arouses internal criticism in the Liberals, where now the Liberal Youth Association demands that the party stop the proposal.

– I think that the Liberals should use their position as decisive for this government to be able to have a majority. And simply stop this proposal and say no, says LUF chairman Anton Holmlund to TV4 Nyheterna.

The Sweden Democrats have long pushed for a policy for re-migration of those born abroad – as in Denmark, where a person who permanently leaves the country can receive over SEK 300,000 in grants, and in the Tidö Agreement it is stated that such a system must be investigated in Sweden.

But this summer, the investigator Joakim Ruist advised against just such a model, which is judged to have little effect economically, while at the same time it can damage integration by pointing out individuals as undesirable.

SD: I think many would rather return

The party still wants to go ahead with an increase from the current system with a contribution of SEK 10,000. Party leader Jimmie Åkesson said in connection with his summer speech that the contribution needs to be increased substantially, and integration policy spokesperson Ludvig Aspling explains it this way:

– It is because more people who have not really been able to find their place here in Sweden will choose to return instead of living here and year after year living on benefits, living in exclusion. We believe that there are many who would actually rather return home, but then a little help might be needed along the way.

L: Sends the signal that the government does not want people to stay

But the Liberala ungdomsförbundet (LUF) thinks that the issue has now been investigated and that the issue should therefore be dismissed from the agenda.

– It also sends rather bad signals to everyone who wants to stay and integrate. Here the government says you should not stay here. Ideally, we want to pay you to move out of here. It is a completely wrong signal and it will not help integration in Sweden, says Anton Holmlund (L).