 SUM had to pay back the government funds for 2016 and 2017 due to the organisation failing to respect the ideals of democracy.A report outlined how sympathisers and activists for extremist movements had leading positions of local chapters of SUM.A number of Swedish academics member of "Antirasistiska Akademin" (ArA), among them Edda Manga and Maimuna Abdullahi (also of MMRK) criticized the decision of MUCF to withhold further state aid to the organization.