In an email sent to Sweden's Prison and Probation Service on May 25th, 2025, a border police officer called for the software engineer to be deported "omedelbums" – using an informal term blending the words omedelbart, meaning "immediately", and bums, meaning "at once".
"The client is not aggressive but is incredibly demanding as he is highly intelligent and extremely articulate," the border officer wrote to the probation service division responsible for booking deportation flights. "He poses a lot of legal problems for the police and the Migration Agency. It would be nice if a trip could take place omedelbums."
The man has lodged a complaint against Sweden with the UN Committee against Torture's assessment and response, as Sweden completed the deportation to his home country, where he is now in hiding, despite a written letter from the UN Committee Against Torture requesting that Sweden delay action.
Oskar Frödin, the lawyer representing the deported man, criticised the language the border police used as "problematic".
"The individual concerned should be able to expect the authority to express itself and handle the case in an appropriate, professional and objective manner," he told The Local. "The circumstances highlighted in the email do not constitute reasonable grounds to expedite a deportation."
Selver Redzepovic, chief of the deportation group, confirmed the existence of the email, which was obtained by the deported man through a freedom of information request.
He said that as it concerned a deportation decision that had already been made and legally come into force, the email had had no bearing on the process.
"We would like to emphasise that the actual enforcement in the current case was carried out entirely in accordance with applicable laws and regulations," he told The Local. "The enforcement was therefore carried out correctly and legally."
Asked whether being "highly intelligent" and "articulate", or "posing legal problems", were acceptable grounds for a deportation to be expedited, he said that they were not, but that this did not preclude an officer asking for a process to be accelerated.
"There are no criteria that mean that the execution of an expulsion decision can be accelerated due to a person's characteristics," he said. "But in cases that are particularly resource-intensive, the case officer may request that the case be prioritised."
The Prison and Probation Service, he said, always made the final assessment, aiming to take whatever measures necessary to ensure that the transportation happens in "as humane and secure a fashion as possible".
Redzepovic would not comment on whether the officer who sent the email would face any disciplinary action, saying the border police did not "comment on internal personnel issues".
"The Police Authority and our employees strive to express themselves correctly and professionally and follow the Police Authority's core values," he continued. "Any deviations from this are handled internally and according to our guidelines for personnel matters."
This article is part of The Local's Detained in Sweden series, which covers in depth how migrants have been held in detention centres around the country. The series looks at shortcomings in recruitment and training of staff, the poor conditions migrants are subject to plus the lack of solid guidelines on who should be detained and why.
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