Sweden's proposed 'snitch law' against immigrants creates stir and concern
Stockholm, Sweden
There is furore in Sweden over the proposed 'snitch law' that would force public sector workers to report undocumented people to authorities. The proposed law is part of a 2022 agreement between four Swedish political parties that paved the way for a coalition government in Stockholm's corridors of power.
Nearly two years after the Sweden Democrats were voted in as Sweden's second-biggest party, work is underway to turn the proposal into law.
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A committee has been formed by the government to present proposals on how this could be drafted into law. The committee could potentially present its findings to the government by the end of November.
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If implemented as law, the idea could result in up to a million workers, from dentists to teachers, being forced to report any contact with undocumented patients, students, and authorities, and has faced widespread opposition from rights campaigners and professional associations.
"This proposal is utterly inhumane," Michele LeVoy of the Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants, was quoted as saying by The Guardian.
"People will be, in a sense, terrified. Why would anyone want to go somewhere when they know that the main thing that will happen is not that they can get care, not that they can go to school, not that they can go to the library – they’ll just be turned in."
Jacob Lind, a postdoctoral researcher in international migration at Malmö University, told The Guardian that the Swedish proposal was likely to have little impact when it came to reducing the number of people without papers in the country.
"A lot of people are not going to leave," he said. "They are just going to end up in further misery. You’ll end up with the opposite effect; society will have even less contact with people who are in this situation, further increasing their vulnerability and making them even more exploitable."
(With inputs from agencies)