Sweden clears Russian couple accused of being a security threat
Sweden’s Migration Agency overturned the police department’s decision to deport Russian citizens Semyon and Tatyana, who were detained while vacationing near Furuvik, according to the Anti-War Committee of Russia and the Kovcheg (Ark) project. The agency also lifted the two-year ban on entering the Schengen zone that had accompanied the deportation order.
“The police department has not provided evidence that you pose a threat to internal security, public order, or safety. … On this basis, the Migration Agency has overturned the police department’s deportation decision, as well as the entry ban,” the committee’s consuls said, quoting the agency’s ruling.
News of the detention of Semyon and Tatyana, who have lived permanently in Spain for several years, first emerged on August 7. They were detained shortly after setting up a tent near the home of a “protected person,” deemed a “threat to internal security,” and sent to a migration center. The Stockholm migration court released the couple from the migration center on August 11.
Russian human rights activists had feared the couple could be deported to Russia. Swedish authorities later confirmed that, had the deportation gone through, the pair would have been sent to Spain, since both hold valid residence permits there.
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