Sweden's political parties have agreed that dual citizens who commit crimes that threaten national security should lose their citizenship.

The government wants to change the constitution to remove Swedish citizenship from dual nationals who commit crimes against the state. #EuropeNews

Threatening' criminals face losing their status. Passports on Swedish flag. Immigration concept. Credit: Shutterstock, Pixel-Shot Sweden is set to tighten the rules on who gets to keep their Swedish passport or who gets to lose it,

Sweden is preparing to change the constitution to be able to take away the passports of people who obtained citizenship by fraudulent means, or who are a threat to the state, the government said on Wednesday.

This comes as the Nordic nation grapples with ‘violent extremism’ and ‘systemic and organised crime’ amid issues with asylum seekers.