A Swedish court has ruled that a migrant rapist will not be deported due to the rape of a 16-year-old girl being "too brief" to be registered as an "exceptionally serious offence".
The Swedish appeals court caused uproar for not deporting 19-year-old Eritrean refugee Yazied Mohamed, for the rape of 16-year-old Meya Aberg.
Mohamed attacked the 16-year-old while she was walking home through a pedestrian tunnel in Skelleftea, after missing her bus following a shift at McDonald's.
The migrant grabbed the young girl's phone, dragged her into the tunnel and raped her until she scrambled free.
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Mohamed was sentenced to three years in jail by the Court of Appeal and ordered to pay 240,000 kronor (around £17,500) in damages to Miss Aberg.
Prosecutors pushed to deport the convicted rapist but his removal was rejected.
The court explained: "Given the nature and duration of the offence, while serious, it does not constitute an exceptionally serious offence warranting deportation".
Miss Aberg and her family reported the attack immediately, but Mohamed was initially acquitted for a "lack of evidence".
The court said: 'Given the nature and duration of the offence, while serious, it does not constitute an exceptionally serious offence warranting deportation'
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Miss Aberg spotted Mohamed again on her first day back at school, with the suggestion that he may even be a fellow pupil.
The 16-year-old told local media: "I want to say that I hate him and that he has destroyed me."
Swedish law only permits deportation if the crime is "exceptionally serious" and poses a public safety risk.
Since 2000, nearly two-thirds of convicted rapists in Sweden are first or second-generation migrants.
Former Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi described the case as "insanity".
He took to X writing: "An injustice done to the poor girl & her family. A mad judgement, deport this criminal, Sweden wake up!
"Wrong side of history, if the law is an ass, then change the law."
Conservative commentator Ian Miles Cheong said: "Sweden's lost the plot. Now it measures the suffering of a 16-year-old in minutes."
Mr Zahawi described the situation as 'insanity'
| PAThis incident is not an isolated case, with another Eritrean man who had 196 criminal charges also being spared deportation.
The migrant was deemed in July 2025 that his offences were not enough to warrant deportation, despite them including assaults on police and inmates.
Four Eritrean men who gang-raped a woman in 2022 also avoided removal.
Critics suggest Sweden's refugee protections are being exploited by violent offenders, trapping victims like Miss Aberg in fear while their attackers roam free.
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