Stockholm, Sweden: Politicians and media in Stockholm claim, that Eritreans in Sweden have to pay a 2% tax on their net income to the Embassy of Eritrea in Stockholm. Fredrik Malm, a member of the parliament for the Liberal Party states; it is unacceptable for other states to recover tax from Swedish citizens. He further claims that the monopoly to collect tax in Sweden is owned by the State of Sweden. According to the newspaper Expressen people who do not adhere with paying the tax will be imprisoned when they return to Eritrea for holiday or for visiting relatives. Having fact checked the story, this is not true and people visiting Eritrea are not being imprisoned, because they do not pay the 2% tax. Having visited Eritrea many times without paying the tax, it has never happened that the freedom of movement was limited by being imprisoned due to not not paying the 2% tax. The tax is rather seen as a voluntary contribution from the Eritreans living abroad to the countries struggle for independence. The only limitation one has if not paying the tax is, that it might be difficult to do business or purchase property in Eritrea. read more:

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