'We do have a problem' with integration of immigrants, Swedish PM tells Euronews

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'We do have a problem' with integration of immigrants, Swedish PM tells Euronews  In an interview with Euronews, Sweden’s PM Ulf Kristersson said integration needs to be controlled and backed upping migrant return grants from €900 to €32,000.   READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/05/02/we-do-have-a-problem-with-integration-of-immigrants-swedish-pm-tells-euronews  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00The Prime Minister of Sweden, Ulf Kristersson, thinks that there is an absolute need to get

00:04control on migration. Talking to Euronews, he defended his proposal to increase the amount

00:10of money it's offered to migrants as a financial incentive to leave Sweden.

00:15The current grant stands at 900 euros per adult, but has seen little success so far.

00:21In 2023, only one out of 70 applications was approved, according to the Swedish Migration

00:27Agency. A new government proposal would raise it to 32,000 euros, a 3,400 percent increase.

00:35I don't think that would be a method that works for very many people, but we do have a problem

00:40with integration. If people who have a legal right to stay in Sweden but basically do not

00:46integrate, basically do not really appreciate the Swedish way of life, then at least people

00:52would think about returning to their country of origin.

00:55The proposal is set to take effect on January 1st, 2026. Meanwhile, Kristersson supports a

01:03regulated migration policy such as the EU's Migration Pact and says rejected asylum seekers

01:09should not remain in Europe.

01:11Right now we have some 80 percent of those have a negative decision on the side of they

01:16nevertheless they stay in Europe. That is simply unacceptable in Sweden, but we have managed

01:21that. I think we have now some 20 percent staying, even though they shouldn't, but by

01:26those who have had a negative decision. So we need, I mean, we absolutely need to get

01:32control of the migration.

01:34Kristersson sees a dramatic shift in the attitude within Europe, making formal migration political

01:39decisions easier.

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