It comes after several of its Nordic neighbours announced their own measures designed to limit the numbers of refugees entering their countries.
Amid growing anti-immigrant sentiment, Sweden has announced new measures to limit the number of migrants trying to enter the country.
Sweden's Interior Minister has announced that migrants who've seen their applications for asylum denied could be expelled.
As many as 80,000 people could be sent back to their home countries.
Swedish Migration Minister, Morgan Johansson, says genuine refugees won't be affected.
"Last year we had roughly over 160,000 people applying for asylum in Sweden. And many of these people, for instance those who have come from the war Syria but also other groups, will be permitted to stay in Sweden. But there are other groups - and each individual case is tried individually - that will not be able to stay in Sweden because our courts will say that well, you don't meet the criteria for that."
More than a million refugees flooded into Europe in 2015, with Sweden receiving around 160,000 applications for asylum, its highest number ever.
Most came from Syria and Afghanistan.
Around 45 per cent of applications have been rejected.
Sweden's Migration Minister warns some people may try and hide, and authorities must be prepared to use force if necessary.
"But out of these 160,000 people - I mean if two thirds of them will be able to stay and one third is not, well one third of 160,000 adds up to roughly more than 50,000 and if it's lower than two thirds, if it's down to half, well, then there is more people. We estimate an increase and that's why we have to prepare our agencies, our police for instance, to carry out this task. First of all voluntarily of course, but in the end if you don't go back voluntarily there is there is a possibility to do this by force instead."
Sweden's announcement comes after Denmark's parliament passed new laws allowing officials to confiscate valuables from migrants to fund their stay, and increasing the amount of time before family reunifications are possible.
Neighbouring Finland also declared it would send back nearly 20,000 of the 32,000 asylum seekers that arrived last year.
These migrants in Sweden say they are worried about the changes.
"We left our country to come to Europe, a country of human rights, women's rights, children's rights. This decision from the Swedish government does not help us."
"We do not want such a decision, we do not want to go back. We are happy in Sweden. We love Sweden too much. This decision makes us uncomfortable, unhappy and worried."
Sweden has now introduced border controls and identity checks to make it more difficult for migrants to enter the country, a reversal of its earlier "open-door" policy.
Migration Minister Johansson says expulsions could start as soon as next year.
"It will start for real in the beginning of next year I think, where there will be an increase in the numbers that we have to deport."
