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Sweden |
2020 |
Policy |
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Content of protection |
The Swedish government decided to finance the extension of labour market integration programmes for 12 months to support people whose programme would finish in the midst of the pandemic |
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 to clarify that municipalities and regions are entitled to be reimbursed for the care of unaccompanied children from the moment they express their wish to apply for asylum. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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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 |
2021 |
Policy |
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Persons with special needs in the asylum procedure |
The Swedish Migration Agency updated its legal position from 2015 on the investigation and assessment of a future risk of persecution for applicants claiming asylum due to sexual orientation or gender identity. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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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 the medical examination of applicants invoking physical or psychological harm to support their asylum claim. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Sweden |
2021 |
Legislative |
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Special procedures to assess protection needs |
Legislative changes to the Aliens Act were introduced allowing the Migration Agency to reject an application as manifestly unfounded when the applicant comes from a country included in the list of safe countries of origin. The decision becomes immediately enforceable with no automatic suspensive effect or the right to remain pending the outcome of an appeal procedure. The agency published a corresponding legal position. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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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 |
2021 |
Policy |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The Swedish Migration Agency published a new legal position on the application of the ECHR, Article 3 in the assessment of an asylum application when an illness is invoked. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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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 |
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 |
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 |
2022 |
Policy |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The Swedish Migration Agency published a new legal position on the assessment of applications for international protection lodged by Syrian nationals. The SMA considered that Syrians summoned for military service or who deserted ran a general risk of persecution. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Sweden |
2022 |
Policy |
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Processing asylum applications at second or higher instance |
The Swedish Migration Court of Appeal introduced an e-service to facilitate the submission of documents to the court by state administrative authorities. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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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 |
2022 |
Policy |
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Content of protection |
The Swedish Migration Agency issued a legal position on the relevant time for determining the age of an applicant or a sponsor, in particular in cases of family reunification. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Sweden |
2021 |
Legislative |
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Reception of applicants for international protection |
Social orientation classes became obligatory in Sweden for all applicants as soon as possible after an application for asylum has been registered. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Sweden |
2020 |
Policy |
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Reception of applicants for international protection |
A new governmental project is planned to be implemented in 2021, obliging applicants to attend a 1-day information session about the host society. The programme has existed for several years, but it was implemented as a voluntary 2- to 3-hour session. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Sweden |
2020 |
Policy |
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Reception of applicants for international protection |
The list of municipalities where applicants are not entitled to daily allowance was revised, if they choose to reside there. Out of 32 pre-identified municipalities, 23 are such areas. The changes entered into force 1 January 2021. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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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 |
2022 |
Policy |
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Persons with special needs in the asylum procedure |
The legal position was updated on a child’s age assessment for family reunification with recent CJEU case law. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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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 |
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 |
2022 |
Policy |
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Detention during the asylum procedure |
The Swedish Migration Agency published a legal comment on detainees who are or will be subject to another form of deprivation of liberty (RK/001/2022). |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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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 |
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 |