Sweden’s ‘snitch law’ immigration plan prompts alarm across society

Proposal, which would force public sector workers to report undocumented people, decried as utterly inhumane'

Doctors, social workers and librarians are among those in Sweden who have sounded the alarm over a proposal being explored by a government-appointed committee that would force public sector workers to report undocumented people to authorities.

The proposal - which has been referred to as the snitch law" by some - was among the many measures included in a 2022 agreement struck between four rightwing parties in the country. The deal paved the way for a coalition government involving three centre-right parties with parliamentary support from the far-right anti-immigration Sweden Democrats (SD).