The incorrect payments include unemployment insurance, child benefits, parental allowance and activity support. The analysis is based on collating data from various authorities, including the Swedish Tax Agency, the Swedish Migration Board and the Swedish Social Insurance Agency.
The 40 million kronor consists primarily of 17 million kronor to 300 people from unemployment funds, nine million kronor to 220 people in activity support, and eight million kronor in child allowance and parental benefit to a total of 1,200 people.
The incorrect payments are noticed by, among others, the border police.
"When the police are about to carry out a deportation, they check their records and see that it is common for welfare benefits to be paid continuously to the person who is to be deported," the authority writes in the report.
The total amount is likely higher because people with coordination numbers have not been able to be checked, according to the authority.
"We will work through all benefits where we suspect payments to people who do not have the right to reside in Sweden and make these checks permanent to stop future incorrect payments," says Per Eleblad, Director General of the Payments Authority, in a press release.
Previous calculations from the Swedish National Audit Office have shown that state authorities have paid out approximately SEK 313 million and municipalities approximately SEK 122 million during the period 2014–2020 to people whose residence permits have expired.
