Asylum, residence permits, citizenship and life while waiting for a decision.
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The Red-Green parties are in agreement on what a stop law against teenage deportations should look like. However, it is unclear whether Migrationsverket will ha...
The Red-Green parties have agreed on a joint legislative proposal to temporarily stop deportations of teenagers. The proposal was drawn up in the Riksdag's Comm...
The Social Democrats, the Left Party, the Green Party, and the Centre Party have agreed on the criteria for a stop law against deportations of young people. The...
Migrationsverket is reacting sharply after individual case officers were exposed on social media following a high-profile incident. The agency states that peopl...
Migrationsverket is investigating whether around ten LGBTQI individuals should lose their residence permits. Silas Aliki's law firm criticizes the agency's acti...
The Riksdag's Committee on Social Insurance has decided to prepare a proposal for a stop law against deportations of young people. But the parties interpret the...
In 2023, the Tidö Government tasked Migrationsverket with prioritizing the revocation of residence permits. According to Migrationsverket's annual report, 1 280...
All eight parties in the Riksdag agree to investigate the so-called teenage deportations. However, Migrationsverket does not intend to act before a new law is i...
The Swedish Migration Agency will not reach the target of receiving 900 quota refugees. After nearly ten months of waiting for the government's decision, the ag...
The Committee on Social Insurance is inviting Minister for Migration Johan Forssell (M) and the Swedish Migration Agency to talks on Tuesday. The goal is to qui...
Sweden has deported more British citizens than any other EU country after Brexit. Following statements from the Swedish Migration Agency's director of legal aff...
New rules for family reunification threaten to divide families, warns researcher Hilda Gustafsson. She compares the effects to previous expulsions of teenagers....
On October 1, stricter rules for family reunification came into force. The income requirement is raised by 30 percent and is now also assessed when temporary re...
The government delayed giving notice on the focus for this year's refugee quota. As a result, Migrationsverket only has time to receive around 350 people instea...
The Ministry of Justice's late response forced the Swedish Migration Agency to cancel half of this year's selection missions for refugees. Only 350 quota refuge...
Migrationsverket must pay damages to a private property owner in Landskrona. The agency rented three apartments between 2015 and 2025 as housing for asylum seek...
Three experts in EU law state that Migrationsverket's head of legal affairs appears to misunderstand fundamental rules. The criticism comes as the agency's 6,00...
An idea to abolish the right to asylum is being discussed within the EU following events in Ceuta, reports Sveriges Radio Ekot. EU Migration Commissioner Magnus...
Universitets- och högskolerådet wants to postpone the introduction of language tests for citizenship. The agency has informed the government that the timeframe ...
Migrationsverket has submitted its final report on voluntary return to the government following a sharp increase in applications during 2026. However, of 590 pr...
