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Because our illegal immigration and border issues have gotten so far out of hand, we can sometimes forget that we’re not the only country dealing with this problem. Europe has struggled with foreign refugees for years because the European Union (EU) won’t stop allowing them in.
Butonenationisfightingback.Swedenismullingovertheideaofpayingmigrantfamiliestoleavethecountry.
“TheScandinaviancountrywasfordecadesseenasa‘humanitariansuperpower’butovertheyearshasstruggledtointegratemanyofitsnewcomers,”reportsFortune.“Immigrantswhovoluntarilyreturntotheircountriesoforiginfrom2026wouldbeeligibletoreceiveupto350,000Swedishkronor($34,000),thegovernment,whichisproppedupbytheanti-immigrationSwedenDemocrats,toldapressconference.”
Underthecurrentgrantprogram,whichhasbeeninplacefor40years,immigrantscanreceive10,000kronor($979.92asofthiswriting)peradultand5,000kronorperchild($489.96),withaceilingof40,000kronor($3919.70).Officialssaythatthecurrentgrantfliessoundertheradarthatonlyonepersonapplied
