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…
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…
Five European Union countries are seeking a deal with an unnamed non-EU country to host a "return hub" for migrants whose asylum applications have been rejected, with a targeted start date of January 1, a Danish minister…
Man held after Sweden's first fatal shooting since April, lawyers urged to boycott new asylum legal aid rules – and why did around 50 aircraft fly over Stockholm on July 1st? Here's the latest news..
On Wednesday at 9:15, several MEPs will hold a briefing for journalists as the implementation phase of the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum begins on 12 June 2026.Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Sou…
En psykologisk påverkanskampanj förklädd till fyra oduschade indierockare, ett slagsmål om dansgolvets vara eller icke vara och ett fängelse för avdankade kvinnliga artister. I vårt Leexikon guidar Lee Strandberg till d…
When Migration Minister Johan Forssell announced that Sweden was pushing ahead with phasing out permanent residency, he only mentioned asylum migration. But people seeking Long-Term Resident status are also affected..
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On Tuesday, Parliament adopted changes to the EU asylum procedure regulations to enable faster processing of asylum requests.Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Source : © European Union, 2026 - EP.
Following plenary votes, Parliament’s rapporteurs will brief journalists on the new list of safe countries of origin and on the application of the safe third countries regulation.Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and…
Parliament and Council negotiators have reached a political agreement on the creation of an EU list of safe countries of origin to speed up asylum claim processing.Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs S…
Parliament and Council negotiators have reached a political agreement on updates to the 2024 Asylum Law regarding the conditions for applying the rules on safe third countries.Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Ho…
After the European Union significantly tightened its immigration policy earlier this month, 19 EU countries on Wednesday urged the European Commission to finance "return hubs" outside the bloc for failed asylum-seekers..
The leader of the Moderate Party's youth wing has called on the government to allow rejected asylum seekers who have successfully switched to a work permit to stay in Sweden, in a sign of a split in the ruling party over…
The Moderate Party's youth wing has called for a law removing the right of asylum seekers to "change track" and apply for a work permit instead to be changed so that more who have managed to get stable jobs are allowed t…
An update of the EU asylum law to include an EU list of safe countries of origin and speed up asylum claim processing has been endorsed by the Civil Liberties Committee.Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affa…
EU countries on Monday backed a significant tightening of Europe's immigration policy, including endorsing the concept of setting up "return hubs" outside the 27-nation bloc for failed asylum-seekers..
Changes to the 2024 Asylum Law regarding the conditions for applying the rules on safe non-EU countries were endorsed by the Civil Liberties Committee on Wednesday.Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs S…
A government inquiry's new proposal to revoke the permanent residence permits of over 100,000 foreigners in Sweden is targeted at asylum migrants, but will also affect over a thousand people who got permanent residence t…
Sweden’s migration minister says revoking permanent residence will only affect asylum migrants, while the Sweden Democrats claim it will even hit Swedes’ spouses. Both seem to be wrong, writes Nordic Editor Richard Orang…
A Swedish government inquiry has proposed revoking the permanent residency permits of some 120,000 people living in Sweden. It's not only people with asylum who are affected, but also some researchers and many Swiss peop…
Social Democrats now in favour of hiring prison places in Estonia, government to abolish cheap dental care for asylum seekers, and other news from Sweden on Friday..
The Swedish Migration Agency has announced that it has ended its suspension of Syrian asylum cases, meaning that Syrian citizens can once again both apply for asylum in Sweden and be deported if protection is not granted…
Migration is down but the political pressure is not going away: despite a sharp decline in irregular arrivals and asylum requests, European countries are ploughing ahead with an unprecedented clampdown..
Asylum applications to the European Union fell by 23 percent in the first six months of 2025, driven by a massive drop in Syrians seeking protection, the EU's asylum agency said on Monday..
The number of people applying for asylum in Sweden in the first six months of this year has dropped 30 percent compared to the same period last year, according to new statistics from the Migration Agency..
Mahmut, originally from Turkey, came to Sweden as an asylum seeker back in 2017 due to political unrest in his home country. Now, he is in citizenship limbo and believes Swedish security police have branded him a securit…
The Swedish government has pledged to attract international talent, while radically limiting asylum and low-skilled immigration. So why do work permit holders so often get the short end of the stick?.
The Swedish government's plan to tighten asylum rules to the strictest level allowable under EU law was supposed to be the crowning glory of its 'migration paradigm shift'. But the inquiry's first proposal could claim an…
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