SD in Mellerud: Teachers should alert children with deportation decisions

It was at the end of September, during a meeting of the Culture and Education Committee, that the SD member Ulf Rexefjord presented the proposal: School staff in the municipality should alert when they “get to know people, authorities and authorities who are staying in the country illegally and participating. in our school operations shall pass this on to the concerned headmaster. "

The Rector will then inform the Chairman of the Culture and Education Committee, who will then contact the police, according to the proposal that TTELA first reports on.

Today, all children who are in Sweden are allowed to go to school, and have the right to education since July 1, 2013, including those who will be expelled. There is no requirement for teachers or other school personnel to alert the police if the children come to school.

This is something that Ulf Rexefjord (SD) is critical of.

- If you stay here illegally in Sweden, you should not have access to free schooling. A completely natural position. We do not want teachers to assume the responsibility to pay attention to the police without politicians doing so, Ulf Rexefjord (SD) writes in a text message to SVT News West-

How big is the problem with children who are going to be expelled but who are still in Mellerud?

- We have no clear picture of it today and this is a step in improving it.

Routines should also already exist within the municipality, which means that school personnel must answer the police honestly if they call with questions about which children are staying in schools and preschools.

- We want us to take an active part in this and not passively await the rejection of the authorities concerned, Ulf Rexefjord writes to SVT Nyheter Väst.

What do you think about those who say that you are inviting teachers to become an educator?

- Workplace routines should be seen as support in the work, so you have clear guidelines on how to work in different situations. It is security-building.

Andre Vide, chairman of the Culture and Education Committee Marianne Sand Wallin (S) is opposed to the proposal, but does not think that the issue is really such a big problem in Mellerud.

- Those who have the right to go to school and have an obligation to do so should do so. But it should not be on our teachers or preschool staff to be an indicator, it does not feel good in my stomach, she says.

But are you an indicator if you help Swedish authorities and follow Swedish law?

- No, you are not. But there is no problem in Mellerud, partly because when we looked at this situation in the municipality a while ago it was no problem, and partly because we already have routines. If the police call and ask if a child is present, we answer that question.

The council school is Mellerud's only high school, and there are about 350 pupils. Rector Robert Olsson would like to await the administration's inquiry before giving his opinion on the proposal.

- But I can say that we follow the school law that exists. That's what controls us. And since this is being investigated, we do not know what the school law will say about this when it is clear. But schools do not disclose information about third parties, so it is. That's my interpretation of the situation right now, says Robert Olsson.

The proposal from Ulf Rexehed was decided that it should be referred to the administration, where the proposal will be further investigated before returning to the committee, where it will be voted on.