When Swedish PM Ulf Kristersson presented his re-formed government on Tuesday, in the wake of the surprise resignation of Foreign Minister Tobias Billström last week, a renewed focus on dealing with migration seemed apparent.
Maria Malmer Stenergard, the former migration minister, will replace Billström as head of the foreign ministry. She will be replaced as migration minister by Johan Forssell, the former minister of aid and foreign trade. Both belong to Kristersson’s Moderates party.
In an interview after the appointment, the new migration minister said keeping asylum migration to a minimum for a long time will be a priority. Forssell told Aftonbladet, “The important thing now is that we don’t return to the previous policy, which put Sweden in a very difficult situation. A lot of people were affected by it.”
