Sweden Considers Offering Naturalized Citizens Money to Return to Countries of Origin

Migration and integration have been hot-button issues in Sweden in recent years after an explosion in gang violence across several cities in the country.

People stroll along the Standvagen quayside in Stockholm, in a file photograph. TT News Agency/Fredrik Sandberg via Reuters

The Swedish government is considering offering foreigners who become naturalized citizens money to leave the country.

The current “voluntary remigration“ scheme offers 10,000 Swedish kroner ($960) per adult and 5,000 kroner ($480) per child, as well as travel costs for refugees and migrants to leave Sweden.