STOCKHOLM: The heads of Sweden’s largest companies, including clothing giant H&M and telecoms maker Ericsson, denounced Friday deportations of highly-skilled workers as the nation’s technology sector suffers a shortage of staff.

In a letter published by the financial daily Dagens Industri and signed by around 30 bosses -- including H&M CEO Stefan Persson and Ericsson chief Borje Ekholm -- they said that expulsions of foreign employees “harm business” and that “Swedish companies need to hire globally”.

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