Sweden has announced that dual citizens who commit crimes in the country should lose their citizenship due to being labeled as threats to national security.
A committee of cross-party members recommended that citizens who used bribes or false information to procure their citizenship, as well as those who have committed crimes that were a threat to the state, have their dual citizenship revoked.
Gunnar Strömmer, Sweden’s Minister for Justice, commented that the country was dealing with “violent extremism, state actors acting in a hostile manner towards Sweden, as well as systemically organized crime.”
Currently, revoking citizenship is not allowed under the country’s constitution. However, a future vote will take place to change the laws.
Speaking on Swedish Radio, Strömmer explained, “The proposals I received today will not give us the possibility to take back Swedish citizenship from gang leaders in criminal networks sitting abroad, directing shootings and bombings and murders on Sweden’s streets.”