Sweden says strict immigration outweighs baby's right to be with his dad

Sweden in Focus · Nov 3, 2026 · 33m

This week's Sweden in Focus Extra podcast features an interview with Simon Montgomery, a British-American father facing expulsion from Sweden despite wanting to stay to take care of his one-year-old son.

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In this week's episode of Sweden in Focus Extra, The Local's Mandy Pipher catches up with a dad who has been fighting for the past year to be able to stay in Sweden with his baby son, despite a deportation order from the Swedish Migration Agency.

Although he's no longer together with his child's German…