Church leaders: The immigration committee is moving against the will of the people

Church leaders: The immigration committee is moving against the will of the people

Today, the last meeting of the immigration law review committee will be held in the parliament. If the committee does not reach an agreement, the pre-2016 rules will be reinstated. According to the Christian Council of Sweden, if the temporary residence laws become permanent, the parliamentary committee investigating immigration laws will act against the wishes of the Swedish people.

Karin Viborn, the secretary general of the Christian Council of Sweden, told Swedish Radio:

– We are concerned about policies that encourage each other to be pessimistic and negative about immigration and integration. While people have a positive view of these things or are less pessimistic.

In the final stage of this process, today the Christian Council, which consists of 12 churches in the country, is asking the Committee to Review Immigration Laws to decide on an immigration policy with humanitarian principles.

– We hope that the immigration laws will be based on humanitarianism and that’s why we still hope, but it doesn’t seem very promising.

Surveys conducted by Novus for the Red Cross, Save the Children and the Church show a softer view of the public towards family ties and the staying in Sweden of people who have lived here for years and learned the Swedish language. Nearly 60% of the 1,000 people who answered the questions are of the opinion that immigrant families should be united, and more than 70% of these people want young people who have lived in Sweden for several years and learned the Swedish language to be allowed to stay in this country. to obtain

The Christian Council of Sweden was against the implementation of the temporary residence laws in 2016 from the beginning. Instead, this council wants to focus on social connection and integration of immigrants.

– If we take the focus away from immigration and focus on integration, the conditions of people’s social connection will be easier. People feel safe and learn the language of the society they have entered sooner.

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