Fact check: Sweden is not deporting immigrants for 'not adhering to Western values'

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Fact check: Sweden is not deporting immigrants for 'not adhering to Western values'  The Swedish government has made cracking down on migration one of its key goals, however online claims are misleading.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/08/11/verifying-claims-sweden-is-deporting-immigrants-for-not-adhering-to-western-values  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00No, Sweden isn't stripping people of citizenship for failing to integrate.

00:06Online users are claiming that Sweden is seeking to deport immigrants who have acquired Swedish

00:11citizenship, but have allegedly failed to integrate into a Western society. These posts

00:16have been circulating online for a few months, and this one from December has amassed more

00:20than 4 million views. However, the claim is misleading and does not fully align with the

00:25government's proposals. Since coming to power in 2022, Sweden's centre-right coalition

00:30government, which is propped up by the far-right Swedish Democrats, has vowed to crack down

00:35on migration. Now let's take a look at some of the measures the country's government is

00:39pushing forward in order to understand why the social media post is misleading.

00:44Sweden is looking to change its constitution to be able to remove citizenship from certain

00:49dual-national citizens. However, this measure would target people who obtain their passports

00:54fraudulently or those who commit crimes which threaten national security. A vote is set

00:58to take place on the matter next year in the country's parliament.

01:02The Swedish government has also backed a plan to introduce a compulsory course on knowledge

01:06of Swedish society and culture in citizenship tests. According to Swedish officials, the

01:12test would aim to exclude immigrants who are not integrated into Western society from obtaining

01:17citizenship. Sweden has also been developing financial incentives for voluntary repatriations.

01:23As Sweden's Prime Minister told Euronews earlier this year.

01:27People who have a legal right to stay in Sweden but basically do not integrate, basically do

01:33not really appreciate the Swedish way of life, when at least people would think about returning

01:38to their country of origin.

01:40As part of this plan from the 1st of January 2026, Sweden wants to increase the amount of money

01:46offered to migrants as a financial incentive to leave the country from €900 to €32,000.

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