
Minister for Migration Morgan Johansson (right) accepting the proposal from the cross-party migration committee's chairman Thomas Rolén. Credit: Marko Säävälä/TT
Migration law
Immigration rules affect Swedes who return with families from abroad
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The temporary law was supposed to limit the number of asylum seekers, but also made it more difficult for Swedish nationals to return home with a partner from outside the EU.
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As a result, many families have to live apart from each other for up to a year, according to the organisation Swedes Worldwide.
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"They feel their own country has betrayed them," says Cecilia Borglin, secretary general of the organisation.