I see that the famously-tolerant Swedes are coming to their senses about this immigration business:
Sweden’s government on Tuesday said it would put forward a bill introducing a requirement for migrants to adhere to an ‘honest living’ or face deportation.
The country’s centre-right government, supported by the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats, came into power in 2022 and vowed to get tough on immigration. They are now trying to rapidly push through a slew of reforms in various areas ahead of legislative elections in September.
The new requirement would make it easier to withdraw residence permits for migrants.
Speaking at a press conference, Migration Minister Johan Forssell told reporters: ‘Following laws and rules is a given, but it must also be a given that we do our best to live responsibly and not harm our country. If, for example, you ignore paying your debts, if you don’t comply with decisions from Swedish authorities, if you cheat the benefits system, if you cheat your way to a Swedish residence permit… then you do not have the right to be here,’ Forssell said.
Other examples the government cited as examples included working without paying taxes or not paying fines.
That all sounds perfectly reasonable to me. Immigrate (lawfully) by all means, but once you’re here, act like an actual citizen and not like some criminal scrote, or face getting tossed out.
Loath as I may be to suggest that we learn any policy from the Scandis, this would be an exemplary one for us to implement as well. I don’t know the specifics of their policy, but it should be made that said repatriation and loss of residence status would include the entire family of the deportee, including any children born Over Here.