Sweden Democrats to Push for Total Migration Halt in 2026 Election
The Sweden Democrats have announced they will campaign in the 2026 general election on a pledge to stop migration to the country.
In an op-ed for Svenska Dagbladet published on Wednesday, party leader Jimmie Åkesson and migration policy spokesperson Ludvig Aspling said Sweden's national security must take precedence over the right to asylum, marking a hardening of the party's already tough stance on immigration.
'Sweden's safety must come first — even when it conflicts with the right of asylum,' Åkesson wrote in a Facebook post linking to the article.
'Before the 2026 election, we will therefore demand that Sweden be given the opportunity to completely stop migration.'
The article itself proceeds to criticize the foundation of the European Union's asylum system, calling it flawed because it deprives individual member states of the right to determine how many asylum seekers they admit.
The nationalist duo suggests that the current rights-based asylum regime, which sets no theoretical upper limit on the number of people who can be granted protection so long as they meet the legal criteria, is not fit for purpose.
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