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Sweden |
2019 |
Legislative |
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Content of protection |
The application of the law was extended until 19 July 2021 and beneficiaries of international protection continued to receive temporary residence permits instead of a permanent one. The law lifted the ban on family reunification for beneficiaries of subsidiary protection. |
SE LEG 01 2019 |
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Sweden |
2020 |
Policy |
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Content of protection |
Legal position on residence permit for studies at upper secondary level. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Sweden |
2021 |
Policy |
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Interpretation services |
The Swedish Migration Agency published a legal position on the requirements for interpreters and translators to work in the asylum context. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Sweden |
2022 |
Policy |
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The Dublin procedure |
The Swedish Migration Agency approved a new legal position (RS/010/2022) related to Dublin transfers by which it continues to suspend transfers too Hungary as long as the situation persists. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Sweden |
2019 |
Policy |
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Content of protection |
The government increased funding for fast tracks, which were established to support entry into the job market for beneficiaries of international protection who have education, work or training experience. |
EASO Asylum Report 2020 |
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Sweden |
2019 |
Policy |
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Content of protection |
The government tasked the Swedish Council for Higher Education to develop and pilot special measures for: a) skills validation and the recognition of qualifications when documentary evidence is missing and b) when the educational level is documented but the level was not completed. The Council also worked on a permanent structure for the recognition and accreditation of prior learning. |
EASO Asylum Report 2020 |
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Sweden |
2021 |
Legislative |
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Statelessness in the context of asylum |
The Act on Swedish Citizenship was amended to grant a stateless person holding a temporary residence permit the right to obtain Swedish citizenship, following amendments in the Aliens Act. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Sweden |
2020 |
Policy |
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The Dublin procedure |
The Swedish Migration Agency published a legal position on the applicability of the Dublin III Regulation vis-a-vis the United Kingdom after 31 December 2020. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Sweden |
2020 |
Policy |
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Content of protection |
The Cross-Party Committee of Inquiry on Migration submitted its report on a sustainable long-term migration policy, proposing several changes to the Aliens Act. This would include for example that beneficiaries of international protection would first get a temporary residence permit. |
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 published a new legal position on derived protection status. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Sweden |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Reception of applicants for international protection |
A new governmental project is planned to be implemented in Sweden in 2021, obliging applicants to attend a one-day information session about the host society. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Sweden |
2022 |
Policy |
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Resettlement and humanitarian admissions |
Following a decision of the new Swedish parliament, the annual refugee quota was reduced from 5,000 to 900 resettled refugees for 2023. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Sweden |
2019 |
Policy |
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Unaccompanied minors and vulnerable groups |
The Swedish Migration Agency created an online training for its staff on gender-based violence within the asylum procedure. |
EASO Asylum Report 2020 |
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Sweden |
2019 |
Policy |
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The Dublin procedure |
The Swedish Migration Agency revised its Dublin tracks by reflecting the estimated handling time of the case and improvements to its IT systems allowed more rapid information exchanges on Dublin cases. |
EASO Asylum Report 2020 |
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Sweden |
2021 |
Legislative |
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Special procedures to assess protection needs |
A list of safe countries of origin was adopted, including Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Chile, Georgia, Kosovo, Mongolia, Northern Macedonia and Serbia. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Sweden |
2020 |
Policy |
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Interpretation services |
The Swedish Migration Agency published a legal position on the competency check of interpreters and translators. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Sweden |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Special procedures to process asylum applications |
The Swedish Parliament adopted the government's proposal from December 2020 to incorporate the rules on safe countries of origin in the Aliens Act. The new rules allow the Swedish Migration Agency to consider an application manifestly unfounded if the applicant comes from a country included in the list. The amendments enter into force on 1 May 2021. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Sweden |
2022 |
Policy |
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Information provision on the asylum procedure |
The Swedish Migration Agency expanded its services in 11 new locations, where employees informed applicants about procedures and regulations, and supported them in navigating the agency’s website. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Sweden |
2019 |
Policy |
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Unaccompanied minors and vulnerable groups |
Since 1 January 2019, Sweden does not recognise the validity of child marriages from abroad, so the agency updated its standards for handling cases related to married child applicants and developed relevant information material in collaboration with the National Board of Health and Welfare. |
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 published its legal position on the derivative status in asylum cases. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Sweden |
2020 |
Policy |
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Persons with special needs in the asylum procedure |
The Swedish Migration Agency published a new legal position on interviewing children. |
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 issued a new legal position on statements by children in which it clarified the circumstances when and the ways in which children should be heard during the asylum procedure. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Sweden |
2022 |
Policy |
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Reception of applicants for international protection |
A new government bill was presented on the distribution of housing across the country to host displaced persons from Ukraine. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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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 |