On Friday, the Tidö parties announced that they had agreed on a solution for the so-called teenage expulsions.
But the proposal does not go far enough, according to the opposition. It does not include those who have already received a deportation order.
The Green Party and the Left Party therefore re-submitted the proposal in the Riksdag to introduce a moratorium on all teenage expulsions. According to the parties, such a law would also stop expulsions that have become legally binding.
Appealed to members
But after a vote in the chamber, in a special procedure in which the Green Party and the Left Party brought a motion because of an event of greater importance, the proposal fell by one vote. The opposition parties voted in favor while the Tidö parties, which have a majority, voted against.
"I am very worried now for all the young people who are in detention, who have only weeks before they have to pack up their whole lives and leave Sweden," said the Green Party's migration policy spokesperson, Annika Hirvonen, afterwards.
In the rostrum, she appealed to the other members.
It is a betrayal if the government does not come up with something to stop this in time, she said.
The government's own solution, a valve, could be ready within a couple of months, said Migration Minister Johan Forssell (M) to Aftonbladet .
I want to move forward with this in the spring, that's my ambition, he said.
Does not pause decisions
While awaiting new legislation, the Swedish Migration Board has announced that it is pausing decisions on all current, ongoing cases, as the government's upcoming changes are going in a positive direction for individuals.
But the government's announcement does not apply to those who have already received a final deportation order - they will still have to leave the country. The Migration Court, where the Migration Board's decision can be appealed, states that it is also not taking any breaks in its processing.
"We follow the laws that exist - not those that have been announced," said Cecilia Mauritzon, chief councilor at the Administrative Court in Stockholm, to Aftonbladet.
The Left Party's migration policy spokesperson Tony Haddou said that families who are currently sitting at home with a lump in their stomachs cannot wait for the government to return with a relief valve.
They don't deserve to have their lives shattered into pieces. Many believed the Prime Minister's words on Friday, he said.
