Sweden

Sweden > Contacts

There are several specialised groups and NGOs for legal advice on asylum. Some necessary contacts in Sweden you may find here.

Sweden > Overview

Migrants from non-European countries can only get a Swedish residence permit either by asylum application or invoke the rules regarding attachment to close relatives. Since the Labour Immigration Law is very strict it’s almost impossible for unskilled workers coming from outside the European Union to get residence permit.

Sweden > Dublin II

A ruling by the Migration Court of Appeal (MCA) stopped all forced returns of asylum-seekers from Sweden to Greece under the Dublin regulations. All the cases concerning Dublin to Greece get their asylum process in Sweden. All the cases are not yet in process but on the way to be processed.

Sweden > Asylum

You have to apply for asylum as soon as possible, preferably the same day. When you apply for asylum they take your fingerprints and a photo. They also decide if you should have economic help if you do not have any money.

Sweden > Gender

If you have been abused or persecuted because you are a woman, homosexuell, bisexual or transgender and are seeking asylum in Sweden this is important to tell in the first asylum investigation. It is important to tell about abuses as detailed and coherent as possible.

Sweden > Minors

If you come to Sweden and are under 18 years old and come to Sweden without parents you count as an unaccompanied minor. There are special housings for children and youth. A guardian is selected of you come to Sweden without a parent.

Sweden > Detention

To be taken in detention in Sweden means that you can be locked in without time limit. The decision is retried every eighth week. You have no right to leave the detention. First there is a negotiation with you and the police, this is often made directly in the detention.

Sweden > Family reunification

If you are married with someone that lives in Sweden you have right to residence permit. if you have permanent residence your wife/husband and children under 18 years the right to move to Sweden. Some conditions might be fulfilled. If your family is left in the home-country or in some other country they can apply for connection on the closest Swedish embassy or consulate.

Sweden > Medical Assistance

It is hard to get care for persons that has got a negative decision and persons that stay away. In Sweden grown-up asylum-seekers, undocumented (person that has not applied for asylum), and persons that got a negative decision only has right to emergent care. Asylum-seeking children has the same rights to care as other children in Sweden.

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