Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt on Sunday defended recent efforts by police to identify and deport immigrants who remain in Sweden illegally.
"Those who have been denied entry or received deportation orders should leave the country," Reinfeldt told Svergies Television (SVT) on Sunday.
"Should people be allowed to stay simply because they go into hiding for a few weeks? That would be a very strange society."
The prime minister's comments come in response to an ongoing debate in Sweden about law enforcement's approach to carrying out deportation orders.
Critics have accused police in Stockholm of racial profiling in asking "non-Swedish looking" commuters for identification. Others have questioned whether...
"Those who have been denied entry or received deportation orders should leave the country," Reinfeldt told Svergies Television (SVT) on Sunday.
"Should people be allowed to stay simply because they go into hiding for a few weeks? That would be a very strange society."
The prime minister's comments come in response to an ongoing debate in Sweden about law enforcement's approach to carrying out deportation orders.
Critics have accused police in Stockholm of racial profiling in asking "non-Swedish looking" commuters for identification. Others have questioned whether...





