“We will not have more refugees. We must have fewer. ”Stefan Löfven said this when he visited Malmö on Tuesday. He believes that the refugee reception in Sweden is too high, writes Sydsvenskan and HD. Löfven's goal is to halve Sweden's refugee reception in order to reach levels that are closer to the EU average.

- We need fewer asylum seekers. We must have a long-term sustainable migration policy. Those who accept their application must enter Swedish society as quickly as possible. They should get language training and contact with the working life faster, he tells Sydsvenskan.

Löfven believes that those who get no on their asylum application must return to their home country.

- In fact, 50,000 people have traveled back home from Sweden for a number of years. There is no new policy, but we have to comply, ”he tells Sydsvenskan.

Criticism from MP

Following the statement, government colleagues in the Environment Party, the two language speakers Isabella Lövin and Per Bolund, have met Löfven's statement with criticism.

“Wrong in the headline, (s) has his policy. The government is pushing Sweden to stand up for asylum law and for refugee policy to be legally secure, efficient and humane. We want all countries, including Sweden, to take responsibility, ”Lövin writes on Twitter.

Bolund also comments on the Prime Minister's statement:

"It's the Social Democrats' policy, not the government's. The government is pushing for Sweden's refugee policy to be legally secure, efficient and humane. We protect the right of asylum and stand to provide protection from persecution when needed, ”Bolund writes on Facebook.

The EU parliamentarian and former minister, Alice Bah Kuhnke, are also critical. In a post on Instagram, she writes, among other things, that "The lack of solidarity in a party that has obviously lost compa (s) and completely forgot why one was formed is now obvious to everyone".

The opposition surprised

The open conflict between S and MP is surprising, according to Moderate Party leader Ulf Kristersson, writes Dagens Nyheter.

- A government is not a public discussion club. A government should be responsible for its policy. When the prime minister who is the head of government expresses a policy that the government does not stand for and is also corrected by the deputy prime minister, it creates a great uncertainty as to where the government really thinks, Moderate leader Ulf Kristersson tells DN.