Update at 3:42 p.m. on 9/15: The article has been corrected.
Together, the eight parliamentary parties have been tasked with producing a proposal for new legislation that will replace the temporarily stricter asylum legislation when it expires next summer.
But despite a year of protracted negotiations, the parties in the Migration Commission disagreed, and thus the president had the parties vote on a series of proposals. On Tuesday, President Thomas Rolén delivered the results to the Minister of Justice and Migration, Morgan Johansson.
– There are 26 proposals and behind each individual proposal there is a majority, but not the same majority, which makes this a bit special, says Thomas Rolén.
Among other things, it is proposed that temporary residence permits become the main rule, stricter requirements for obtaining a permanent residence permit after a specified period, for example, language, manners, livelihoods and knowledge of Swedish society. Children, pensioners and people with special reasons are excluded. Exceptions are also proposed for quota refugees, about 5,000 people each year, who will receive a permanent residence permit immediately.
Minister of Justice and Migration Morgan Johansson.
Photo: Lars Schröder / TT
The problem of migration has created a division between the two ruling parties. The Social Democrats are behind all points, while the governing partner, the Green Party, only voted for three.
The Green Party has wanted to continue negotiating the issue, while Morgan Johansson previously promised that the investigation will be sent directly for consultation and then will be discussed in the Government Offices. In an interview with DN in August, she did not rule out rounding up the government partner and passing the legislation through the Riksdag. Now she says that the issue will be discussed in the government.
Will you submit the proposals in their entirety or will you make any changes?
– First we do an analysis of the proposals and then we take a position. But all the proposals to be sent to the Riksdag must have been submitted first, otherwise it does not meet the preparation requirement, he says and continues:
– There is a complication. If I were to start removing proposals where there is a large majority in the Riksdag, those proposals will still go through the Riksdag. This is the scissors everyone is in, says Morgan Johansson.
The deputy has previously threatened a government crisis, is it worth criticizing the government for this issue?
– I do not see that there is any risk of a government crisis. I don’t think anyone wants that, especially considering that we are in a corona crisis and an economic crisis. I am convinced that we will solve this problem.
Johansson aims to submit a legal council referral early next year and then a government proposal in March so he can implement the new legislation in July.
Correction: An earlier version of the text said that the Immigration Commission investigation proposes that permanent residence permits should be the main rule. The rights are temporary residence permits.
