Sweden's minority government and its backers, the far-right and anti-immigration Sweden Democrats, won the 2022 election on a promise to keep reducing immigration and gang crime, which they say ...

Sweden has recorded its lowest number of asylum applications since 1997 following a huge crackdown as the immigration minister blames migrants' failure to integrate. For decades, Sweden was hailed ...

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EXCLUSIVE: The Scandinavian nation has ‘sleepwalked' into a crime nightmare where bombings have become commonplace.

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The government wants to change the constitution to remove Swedish citizenship from dual nationals who commit crimes against ...

The Swedish government has unveiled strict new requirements for those applying for citizenship as it aims to tighten immigration rules and uphold Swedish values. The government announced the plans ...

At home and in the European Parliament, the staunch advocate for Jews and Israel is leading the fight against overt ...

Though they were initially granted refugee status, immigration officials eventually ... they were scheduled to be sent back to Sweden on Dec. 28. But a final, last-ditch measure worked: in early ...

However, Sweden's centre-right governing parties, backed by the more radical anti-immigration Sweden Democrats, want the changes to tackle the dramatic rise in gang crime and the high rate of gun ...

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson announced the introduction of a law allowing the surveillance of children to prevent ...