NCJ Number
123657
Date Published
1986
Length
88 pages
Annotation
This report reviews official statistics on Finnish citizens who are deported from Sweden because of criminal offenses and discusses their social circumstances while in Sweden.
Abstract
The report focuses on three issues: (1) the social situation of the deportee at the time of first deportation, (2) convictions in Finland before coming to Sweden, and (3) the numbers convicted of illegal immigration offenses. It also deals with the effects of changes in laws in 1980 to determine if deportation of Scandinavian citizens for nonserious offenses occurs more often than for other immigrants. Results show that about half of the deportees had lived in Sweden less than 2 years before deportation, while about 6 percent had lived in Sweden more than 5 years. About one-fifth had permanent residences, and only about 15 percent had permanent jobs. Seven percent had family in the country. Most did not have a permanent residence, job, or family in Finland either. Often they were drug abusers and had criminal convictions in Finland. More than half had been at one time convicted for illegal immigration to Sweden. Official statistics indicate that the deportation of immigrants decreased greatly in the 1980's, that decreases were greatest for Scandinavian citizens, and that they were not more likely to be deported for misdemeanors than were other immigrants. Tables and references