Sweden’s Vital Interests - On the Proposed Withdrawal of Citizenships
Herlin-Karnell, Ester
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Verfassungsblog
2026-06-24
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Can “vital interests” of the state serve as a legal criterion for a Migration Authority to strip the nationality of citizens with dual citizenship on security and organized crime grounds? The problem of gang-related organized crime has led to the latest legislative proposal to revoke citizenship, which threatens Sweden’s vital interests. But the legal standard of seriously damaging “Sweden’s vital interests” remains very broad and thus highly susceptible to misuse. Moreover, only criminal law – with all the constitutional safeguards it affords – should carry out such a sanction.
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Herlin-Karnell, Ester
Citizenship
Schweden
Sweden
organised crime
revocation
vital interests
Schweden
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