Sweden's teen deportations: 'It feels like they wanted him to turn 18 so they could reject him'

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In this week’s episode The Local’s Nordic editor Richard Orange interviews Ximena Ramos Salas and her husband Nelson Loyola about the pending deportation of their son Andres.

Ximena grew up in Sweden and the family moved back from Canada in 2018 to be with her terminally ill mother in Skåne.

Her son, who has severe ADHD, has dropped out of his adult education classes as a result of the stress and anxiety brought on by the decision to deport him.

"There's no way we're gonna send him back alone. He is fully dependent on us."

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