Cwan Hassan, a 42-year-old Syrian Kurd, is being tried for aggravated assault following an axe attack in the Swedish municipality of Sollefteå this May.
A whole 17 years before, an asylum application put forward by his family was rejected by the Swedish Migration Board, which found they did not meet the criteria. This decision was upheld in 2010, when a court found “serious credibility deficiencies” in the family’s accounts. It said these “could not be ignored.”
Another appeal to the Migration Court of Appeal also failed.
Yet, Hassan has remained in the country the whole time since the initial rejection. Remix reports that officials deemed deportation to be “unenforceable.” Because of this, he was granted permanent residence in 2012.
This pattern is being repeated all across Europe, including by others who have become the suspects of serious crimes.
A man in his 50s was left seriously injured in the May axe attack, the scene from which the perpetrator fled.
The story has barely been covered by the Swedish—never mind the wider European—press. The limited reports that do exist suggest that Hassan may now face deportation.
Michael Curzon is a news writer for europeanconservative.com based in England’s Midlands. He is also Editor of Bournbrook Magazine, which he founded in 2019, and previously wrote for London’s Express Online. His Twitter handle is @MichaelCurzon_.
