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Swedish Migration Agency: will not participate in the race before 2023
The Swedish Migration Agency is behind in deciding cases and does not expect to be in the race for two years. But the authority is shrinking and is proposing to the government to reduce appropriations in 2023 and 2024, compared to previous frameworks.
The Swedish Migration Agency. Stock Photography.
This is indicated in the budget documentation of the Swedish Migration Agency to the government for the years 2022-2024. The agency does not ask for more money, unlike many other authorities. It is even estimated that the need for allocations will decrease compared to the previous assumptions in 2023 and 2024, a total of 250 million.
The main reason for the reduction in money needs is that fewer asylum seekers are expected and, as a result, authority continues to decline. The agency has drastically reduced demand since the peak of the large influx of asylum seekers around 2015 and is on its way to becoming a “smaller and more efficient authority” according to budget documentation.
But the situation is not as it should be in terms of processing cases within a reasonable, or even legal, time for the interested parties. This year, the agency is expected to catch up on asylum cases and work permit applications. But only next year is a corresponding improvement expected for cases related to family immigration and only in 2023 for cases related to citizenship applications.
The authority points out that development in the area of migration is difficult to assess. There are questions about how the pandemic affects asylum seekers’ travel and migration in general in the long term, given the strong travel restrictions that now prevail. This summer, Swedish legislation on temporary migration will become permanent. Arduous negotiations are also taking place on a common asylum policy in the EU.
