Märsta detention centre, north of Stockholm.Lyssna: Increasingly long stays at Migration Agency's largest detention centreDetention times for rejected asylum seekers and other individuals facing deportation who are being held at the Swedish Migration Agency’s facility in Märsta, north of Stockholm have increased this year, reports Swedish Radio P4 Stockholm.The individual who has been held the longest while awaiting deportation has been in custody for over six years.Out of 580 people, half have been detained for 70 days or more—compared to the average of 46 days over the past decade.Radio Sweden english@sverigesradio. Läs mer på SR
Selma Gúsic from the Swedish Institute for Human Rights and (left) childrens artwork.Lyssna: Overcrowding and privacy shortcomings reported at Swedish Migration Agency’s asThe Migration Agency says it is working to impro…
Sweden's National Audit Office has issued a damning report into immigrant detention centres run by the Swedish Migration Agency, accusing it, among other shortcomings, of "routinely applying coercive and controlling meas…
Three foreigners who have been detained at Migration Agency's detention centre in Åstorp have complained of conditions "worse than Guantanamo", with overcrowding, substandard food, and inadequate treatment for mental hea…
The Swedish Migration Agency is to close its contact centres, with the functions moved to the national government service centres which already handle face-to-face meetings for the Tax Agency. Sara Åhman, the agency's di…
The government says it's up to the Migration Agency to assess which other Swedish tests meet the language requirement for citizenship.Lyssna: Government and Migration Agency point fingers over citizenship language test r…
Sweden's Migration Agency last week quashed a police decision to deport 19 Filipino electrical engineers posted to Sweden, arguing that they had been sent to work in Sweden legally under the EU Posted Workers directive.…
When Richard Orange got an interview on Brexit rules with the Migration Agency's legal chief on his fourth attempt, it didn't exactly go as planned. But according to EU lawyers it nonetheless revealed flaws in the agency…
The Swedish Migration Agency has resumed processing of residency permit applications for 18- to 20-year-olds paused in March after the government pledged to bring in a solution to so-called 'teen deportations'.
Fredrik Hagerman is a GP and the chair of Kalmar county's pharmaceutical committee.Lyssna: Can't get certain cough medicines in Sweden? Here's whyMany of Sweden's regions are recommending against prescribing patients cou…
The carved wooden 'Dala' horses.Lyssna: Sweden's Dala Horse receives EU protection statusThe Dala Horse is set to become Sweden’s first product included in the EU’s system for the geographical protection of craft and ind…
A large percentage of homeowners in Sweden have variable mortgages.Lyssna: Sweden sees first interest rate rise since 2023Sweden's central bank has raised its benchmark policy interest rate by a quarter of a point to 2%.…
Tartu prison in Estonia.Lyssna: Sweden paying for empty prison cells in EstoniaThree months into a deal where a number of Swedish prisoners will serve their time in Estonian prisons, only 52 out of 100 prison places have…
Caretaker Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson says forming a new government will be "very difficult".Lyssna: Kristersson's turn for new government talksModerate Party leader Ulf Kristersson has accepted the Speaker's mandate…
MPs in parliament during Tuesday's Prime Minister debate and vote.Lyssna: Centre Party leader Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist loses Sweden's second Prime MinisMPs have rejected Centre Party leader Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist as…
The leaders of the Red-Green parties, Jonas Attenius (S), Marie Brynolfsson (Left) and Klara Holmin (Greens) who are in the majority on Gothenburg City Council.Lyssna: Top politicians in Gothenburg cut their own salaries…
The ongoing situation in the Strait of Hormuz is a contributory factor to rising electricity prices in Europe and the Nordics. Lyssna: Electricty subsidy for southern Sweden as prices soarElectricity prices in southern S…
Centre party leader Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist faces a vote in parliament this afternoon.Lyssna: Second Prime Minister vote due in parliament todayCentre Party leader Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist will be put to a vote as a c…
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