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Sweden |
2020 |
Policy |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The Swedish Migration Agency updated its legal position on the assessment of applications from Turkish citizens. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Sweden |
2020 |
Policy |
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Return of former applicants |
A new legal position was issued to provide guidance on the assessment of the right to private and family life in the application of the temporary law, and specifically when assessing whether a decision on a foreigner's return infringes the right prescribed in Article 8. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Sweden |
2020 |
Policy |
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Content of protection |
The Swedish Public Employment Service started to roll out the Intensive Year programme for newly-arrived beneficiaries of international protection, which aims to get participants in employment within a year after the completion of the comprehensive, full-time integration programme. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Sweden |
2021 |
Policy |
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Persons with special needs in the asylum procedure |
The Swedish Migration Agency updated its legal position on assessing the asylum applications of persons claiming to belong to a particularly vulnerable group in their country of origin. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Sweden |
2022 |
Policy |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The Swedish Migration Agency published a new legal position on the examination of protection needs of Somali nationals. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Sweden |
2021 |
Legislative |
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Content of protection |
All new residence permits became temporary, with the exception of resettled refugees. Permanent residence can be obtained after a minimum of 3 years in the country, and as a general rule, adults applying have to be able to support themselves and their dependant relatives and have decent housing. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Sweden |
2020 |
Policy |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The Swedish Migration Agency published a legal position on Palestinian passports and their assessment within the asylum procedure. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Sweden |
2020 |
Policy |
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Return of former applicants |
The Swedish Migration Agency published a new legal position on practical obstacles to the implementation and enforcement of returns. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Sweden |
2021 |
Policy |
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Content of protection |
To facilitate migrant women’s employment, the Swedish government proposed to grant 90 days of parental leave to parents from low-income families. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Sweden |
2022 |
Policy |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
A new legal position (RS/089/2021) was published on the examination of protection needs for citizens from Afghanistan, in particular on the situation of women and girls. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Sweden |
2019 |
Policy |
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Return of former applicants |
The Swedish Migration Agency published a legal comment on Sudan leading to the temporary suspension of returns to the country. |
EASO Asylum Report 2020 |
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Sweden |
2021 |
Legislative |
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Reception of applicants for international protection |
The Swedish government established an inquiry on an orderly initial reception of asylum seekers. The inquiry is tasked to propose measures to ensure that asylum seekers choose to live in the Swedish Migration Agency's accommodation throughout the asylum period, propose how a statutory obligation to participate in social introduction can be formulated, consider the scope of persons covered under the Law on Reception of Asylum Seekers and Others, and review the scope of benefits covered by this act. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Sweden |
2020 |
Policy |
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Content of protection |
The Swedish Migration Agency updated its legal position on considering children's age in family reunification procedures, following the CJEU's relevant judgment. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Sweden |
2021 |
Policy |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The Swedish Migration Agency updated its legal positions on Afghanistan and on person with Tigrayan ethnicity from Ethiopia. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Sweden |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Persons with special needs in the asylum procedure |
Changes to the national legislation introduce a departure ban for children who are at risk of being taken abroad for marriage or female genital mutilation. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Sweden |
2022 |
Policy |
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Persons with special needs in the asylum procedure |
The description of the age assessment method followed by the Swedish National Board of Forensic Medicine was updated to make the process more detailed and transparent, minimise risks and interpret the margin of errors and factors affecting the statistical model. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Sweden |
2019 |
Policy |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The Swedish Migration Agency updated its legal position on Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq and Somalia, published a legal comment on Nicaragua and on the increased violence in Afghanistan during summer 2019, and temporarily stopped decisions in cases involving applicants from the Hasskah province of Syria based on its new situational analysis. |
EASO Asylum Report 2020 |
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Sweden |
2019 |
Policy |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The “Asylum360” pilot project of 2018 was extended to more regions, combining the accommodation of asylum seekers and the examination of their applications into one continuous process to handle as many cases as possible without interruptions. |
EASO Asylum Report 2020 |
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Sweden |
2020 |
Policy |
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Statelessness in the context of asylum |
The Swedish Migration Agency updated its legal position on the assessment of cases by stateless persons, who previously had their habitual residence in the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Saudi Arabia. (The legal position was repealed in 2021 and is no longer in force.) |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Sweden |
2021 |
Policy |
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Special procedures to assess protection needs |
The Swedish Migration Agency published three legal positions related to the handling of subsequent applications. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Sweden |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Special procedures to process asylum applications |
The Swedish Migration Agency proposed 8 countries to be considered safe countries of origin: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Chile, Kosovo, Mongolia, Northern Macedonia, Serbia and USA. The new list is foreseen to enter into force on 1 May 2021. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Sweden |
2022 |
Policy |
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Content of protection |
The government appointed an inquiry commission to assess making language knowledge and knowledge of the Swedish society requirements for acquiring permanent residence in Sweden. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Sweden |
2019 |
Policy |
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Unaccompanied minors and vulnerable groups |
A new electronic personal interview form with child-friendly language and structure was developed. |
EASO Asylum Report 2020 |
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Sweden |
2019 |
Institutional |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The Swedish Migration Agency decided to restructure its head office which would be effective in 2020, as well as restructuring and reducing the regions from five to three. The number of full-time equivalent employees was also decreased from 5 842 to 5 096. |
EASO Asylum Report 2020 |
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Sweden |
2020 |
Policy |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The Swedish Migration Agency updated its legal position in the assessment of applications from Syria. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |