Sweden plans on tightening family immigration rule

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Commenting on the proposed changes, Maria Malmer Stenergard, Migration Minister of Sweden, said that measures are necessary and, at the same time, stressed that the country is currently dealing with major challenges related to the inclusion of migrants into society. “Extensive immigration in recent years combined with a lack of integration has contributed to Sweden facing major challenges with growing exclusion. In order to break and reverse the development, a series of measures need to be taken,” the statement of Minister Stenergard reads. As part of the bill, the government has also proposed to increase the age limit for refusing a residence permit for foreign residents’ family members from 18 to 21 years. «This would help in preventing forced marriages and stressed that this is the highest age limit that is permitted by the EU law,» Stenergard said.

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“The possibilities for exemptions from the support requirement in the case of relative immigration, when the dependent person is alternatively in need of protection, are also limited,” the Swedish government further said. The government also said that it wants to apply no longer a certain rule that gives the right to the Swedish Migration Agency to grant residence permits to those subject to “unfortunate situations”. They also stressed that children should continue to be granted residence permits when subject to such circumstances. “It is proposed that the provisions on