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| Swedish prime minister refuses to strip citizenship: "ISIS fighters can return" |
| 2019-03-06 |
| [Voice of Europe] Stefan Löfven, Sweden’s Prime Minister and the leftist Socialist Party leader has ruled out the possibility of stripping Swedish Islamic State Fighters of their citizenships, and has said that they have the right to come back to the country. Nyheter Idag recently reported that Löfven stated the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had previously warned those who were traveling in and around the region in which IS had been fighting, that those individuals who were captured shouldn’t anticipate any assistance from the Swedish government at a consular level. The prime minster did, however, state that he would refrain from stripping the Islamic State fighters of their Swedish citizenship, asserting that it was their right to return to the country if they desired. He then said that upon their return, it would be up to the intelligence service and law enforcement to keep track of the returning terrorists whereabouts and to potentially arrest and prosecute them. Löfven’s statement lies in stark contrast with what right-wing populist leader of the Sweden Democrats, Jimmie Åkesson, had to say regarding the issue. Åkesson stated, "If they choose to travel away to support the terrorist organisation Islamic State, in my opinion, they have used up all of their rights to call themselves Swedish. Then they should also not be a citizen." In a reaction to the comments given by Löfven, Paula Bierler, the Sweden Democrat’s migration policy spokeswomen, agreed with Åkesson, writing, "The people who left Sweden to join the Islamic State should be considered to have terminated their Swedish citizenship." |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #7 Swedestan |
| Posted by: Woodrow 2019-03-06 12:48 |
| #6 I'd settle for just cutting them up for chum |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2019-03-06 12:24 |
| #5 You know, if they did blood eagle the returning ISIS guys, I'd be impressed. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2019-03-06 11:08 |
| #4 and this from the people who invented the Blood Eagle.....sad, as DRT would say |
| Posted by: Bugs Hapsburg9279 2019-03-06 10:07 |
| #3 "As their repatriation proceeds, Keep in mind ISIS refugees' needs: Let them never be shunned Nor be made to help fund Sensitivity training for Swedes!" |
| Posted by: Glearong Glelet6898 2019-03-06 09:08 |
| #2 That should be "given" $500 for their trouble. That PM should have his citizenship stripped and deported to Antarctica. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2019-03-06 09:06 |
| #1 Surely they'll be fined $500 at least. |
| Posted by: gorb 2019-03-06 07:51 |