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In September 2015, during the ongoing [[European migration crisis]], Eliasson, being the chief of police, blocked attempts by Swedish regional police and customs authorities to erect [[Border control|border controls]]. Consequently, the [[Cabinet (government)|cabinet]] ministers received no request from police to organise border checks.<ref name="RIR2016-26p9">{{cite web|title=Upprättandet av tillfälliga gränskontroller vid inre gräns RIR 2016:26, page 9|url=http://www.riksrevisionen.se/PageFiles/25225/RiR_2016_26_GR%C3%84NSKONTROLLER_ANPASSAD.pdf|website=riksrevisionen|publisher=[[Swedish National Audit Office]]|access-date=19 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170708071604/http://www.riksrevisionen.se/PageFiles/25225/RiR_2016_26_GR%C3%84NSKONTROLLER_ANPASSAD.pdf|archive-date=8 July 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> The controls were ordered in November 2016 by the cabinet.<ref name="RIR2016-26p9" />
On or about 27 January 2016, Eliasson sparked controversy in Sweden and beyond by appearing to sympathize with a
In June 2016 Eliasson led a campaign to hand out [[armband]] saying "don't grope" to curb groping and sexual assaults, like those at the 2014 and 2015 [[We Are Sthlm sexual assaults]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/plans-hand-out-anti-groping-armbands-by-sweden-police-comes-under-fire-1568154|title=Plans to hand out anti-groping armbands by Sweden police comes under fire|last=Middleton|first=Rachel|date=2016-06-29|work=International Business Times UK|access-date=2017-12-30|language=en}}</ref> The armbands were criticised as being ineffectual and that they [[Victim blaming|laid the responsibility for stopping the assaults on the victims]] instead of the perpetrators.<ref name=":1" />
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