'It's a gut punch': Time running out for 100,000 applicants as Sweden's citizenship deadline nears

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Sweden's rushed citizenship reforms risk causing mass statelessness, violating fundamental rights. | Sweden's citizenship reforms, while intended to modernize naturalization processes, have created a severe administrative backlog that risks stripping 100,000 long-term residents of their eligibility for citizenship. This undermines fundamental rights to nationality and stability, outweighing any potential procedural benefits.