Last week, the red-green parties S, V, C and MP agreed on a temporary stopgap law to prevent the so-called teenage expulsions.
But it could take several months for the law to come into force.
At Tuesday’s meeting of the Social Insurance Committee, the parties will summon Johan Forssell and the Swedish Migration Agency to discuss what is needed to quickly introduce a law suspending expulsions.
The best thing would be for the government to listen to the majority in the committee and begin the legislative process, says Niels Paarup-Petersen, the Centre Party’s migration policy spokesperson.
Expulsions paused
Another option under consideration is for the committee’s secretariat to begin drafting a bill. But this would be an unusual procedure and could take time.
The parties also want to know what would be required for the Swedish Migration Agency to pause deportations now, pending new legislation.
This happened during the previous term.
They were able to pause them because the government’s legislation was imprecise, as announced at a press conference. So the question is what would be required for them to do so when there is a majority in the committee, says Paarup-Petersen.
Forssell: I’d be happy to come
The proposed stopgap law would prevent the deportation of anyone who had a Swedish residence permit as a child on the basis of family ties.
However, the proposal does not specify which groups would be covered.
Migration Minister Johan Forssell (M), who is part of a caretaker government, has said the government can contribute constructively to work on the temporary law, but he has several questions about its scope.
"I would be happy to come to the Riksdag (the Swedish parliament) and answer questions about the safeguard we introduced last week. For the work to move forward, the red-green parties must resolve the questions and contradictory messages they themselves have left regarding their committee initiative," Forssell tells TT.
In March 2026, the Swedish Migration Agency announced that decisions to refuse residence permits in certain cases involving young adults who had previously held permits on the basis of family ties were being paused after the government announced that new legislation was in the works.
These are people who previously held residence permits on the basis of a connection to a parent but have turned 18 and are therefore no longer considered to meet the family-ties criterion.
The new rules, which came into force on 1 October 2026, allow young adults to apply for an extended residence permit on the basis of ties to their parents after turning 18, up to the age of 21. During a transitional period, certain young adults who have already received a deportation order are also covered.
A temporary option was also introduced to apply for a permit on other grounds without first having to leave Sweden. This option is available until December 2027.
The red-green parties S, V, C and MP have said the new safeguard is not enough and want to introduce a stopgap law, or moratorium, pending permanent legislation.
Source: Swedish Migration Agency, TT.
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