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Sweden’s two ruling parties continue to disagree on how the country’s migration policy should be formulated. Annika Hirvonen Falk, a spokesperson for the Green Party’s migration policy, believes that the migration committee’s proposals are being hastily developed and unbalanced.
– Here, the Social Democrats comply with 100 percent of their policy, and we almost nothing, he says.
“Children should have a chance”
It is primarily how children and families will be treated that the party objects to.
– We want a humane refugee policy that takes into account that we have turned the Convention on the Rights of the Child into law, says Hirvonen Falk.
– Children who have settled in Sweden will have the opportunity to stay.
Willing to compromise
SVT political reporter Elisabeth Marmorstein says the Green Party, in theory, opposes most of the proposals, but in practice they were already ready to engage on immigration issues this summer.
– They know what the majority in the Riksdag is like, and only the Left Party and the Green Party want to go back to permanent residence permits, he says.
Instead, Marmorstein believes the party will now push for permanent residence permits for children.
– If a 16-year-old comes here with his parents, he runs the risk of being deported when he turns 18. But if they get a permanent residence permit as a child, avoid that worry, says Marmorstein.
“I think they can change”
For the proposals to be taken further and submitted to the Riksdag, the two ruling parties are required to agree. Hirvonen Falk sees, despite disagreements, that it may be possible to reach an agreement.
– It is clear that I expect a greater impact on the policy that the Green Party defends, he says.
– But there are important issues on which I believe the Social Democrats can be prepared to change.
