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Deported Thai Youth Struggles in Bangkok Amid Swedish Policy Shift

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  • Tawan Dusadee was deported from Sweden and now lives in a cramped Bangkok apartment with his ill grandmother.
  • The Swedish government has temporarily stopped deportations for some young people while working on legal changes.
  • Tawan Dusadee's future remains uncertain as he and his family try to navigate his return to Sweden.

Tawan Dusadee currently lives in a cramped apartment in Bangkok with some relatives. He shares a room with his severely ill grandmother, who cannot speak or move. Tawan Dusadee was deported from Sweden last week.

He moved to Sweden in 2021 at age 15 after receiving a residence permit with his mother. He graduated from high school last spring and worked at a sushi restaurant. His application for a new residence and work permit was rejected, with reasons including that he had become an adult, spent most of his life in Thailand, his ties to family in Sweden were not considered strong enough, and his salary was insufficient.

She is sick, she can neither speak nor move.

Tawan Dusadee, Deported individual

Meanwhile, the deportation of 19-year-old Ece Akkus in Karlstad has been postponed because the Migration Agency is investigating enforcement obstacles. The government and the Sweden Democrats announced that deportations of young people would be stopped, and parties are working on legal changes to allow relatives to get residence permits in more cases. The stop applies temporarily to young people up to 21 years old who were first granted limited residence permits as relatives to their parents.

Tawan Dusadee expressed uncertainty about his future, stating, 'Right now it's... I don't know. I have nothing to do.

Right now it's... I don't know. I have nothing to do. I don't know where to start actually. I can't start studying, I can't work. It's a problem.

Tawan Dusadee, Deported individual

I don't know where to start actually. I can't start studying, I can't work. ' He also said, 'They want me to come back.

I just want to live with them, with my family there,' and noted, 'Yes we are trying, but no, it's difficult actually.

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