Volvo engineer leaves Sweden for Brazil after 'mean decision' to deport teenage son

Sweden in Focus · Oct 8, 2025 · 4m

In this clip from the latest episode of Sweden in Focus Extra, The Local's Nordic editor Richard Orange interviews José Naves Moura Neto, a Brazilian software engineer.

Neto, who was working at Volvo, moved back to Brazil last month after his 19-year-old son was ordered to leave Sweden just weeks after graduating from high school.

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