Abstract
Since June 2026, the Swedish government has enacted a series of draconian immigration reforms that have eradicated permanent residence permits for people granted international protection, raised the threshold for citizenship, and expanded the grounds on which residence permits can be denied or revoked. In May 2026, the Swedish Parliament also voted in favor of a constitutional amendment that would allow Swedish citizenship to be revoked from dual nationals on broadly defined grounds. These domestic developments converge with the implementation of the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum in June 2026, which significantly limits opportunities for asylum through mechanisms such as accelerated border procedures and the legal fiction of non-entry.[1] Together, these measures point towards a broader transformation: the replacement of permanent status with a condition of protracted temporariness and a continuous threat of deportation. Across Europe, legal status is increasingly organized through temporary and conditional forms of protection, ensuring that the possibility of removal remains ever-present long after protection has been granted.