Four parties propose 13-month permits to halt young-adult deportations

Social Democrats, the Left Party, the Centre Party and the Greens have agreed on a proposal for 13-month residence permits for some young adults facing deportation after growing up legally in Sweden with their families.

The agreement published on Thursday sets out who a proposed temporary “stop law” would cover. It is not an enacted law or a general suspension of deportations.

To qualify, a person would need to have lived legally in Sweden with their family as a minor, received a residence-permit refusal on or after 20 July 2021 and retained a family connection in Sweden while lacking a permit themselves. They must not have deliberately avoided contact with the authorities after the refusal.

The proposal would not apply where another basis under the Aliens Act already allows a permit. It would also exclude deportations for crime or security reasons, and people whom an authority or court has found not to have led an orderly and honest life.

SVT reports that Migration Agency director Maria Mindhammar is open to considering a pause once the formal parliamentary proposal is available. That leaves the immediate handling of individual cases unresolved: the four-party agreement does not itself grant anyone a permit.

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