The proposal for a stopgap law received unanimous support at Tuesday’s meeting of the Social Insurance Committee.
"We have received unanimous support for the committee initiative itself. It is very positive that the Tidö parties are behind it," says Niels Paarup-Petersen, the Centre Party’s migration policy spokesperson.
“Not a contentious issue”
However, the Tidö parties had several questions about how the stopgap law should be drafted, but are broadly positive.
"Of course, we are willing to see if there is anything that needs to be adjusted in the law that we have just implemented," says Christian Democrats (KD) spokesperson Ingemar Kihlström.
The Liberals’ Marianne Littke believes that legislation must be humane, clear and predictable.
My view is that migration is not a contentious issue when it comes to teenage deportations, but that all parties agree that it is an important issue, she says.
May take several months
As a next step, committee members have invited Migration Minister Johan Forssell (M) and the Swedish Migration Agency to the committee to answer questions about what is needed to put a stopgap law in place.
The legislative process can take time.
It could take several months, says Niels Paarup-Petersen.
They hope to receive the government’s help in initiating the process, because the Government Offices have the resources and expertise for such a task.
In the meantime, the red-green parties hope that the Swedish Migration Agency will pause deportations of young adults, given the broad support in parliament. They therefore want answers on what further information the agency needs.
It is important to keep up the momentum, says Ida Karkiainen (S).
The Swedish Migration Agency has previously paused deportations when the government announced that new legislation was planned.
This time, they haven’t done so yet. It is important for us to understand what the basis was for stopping deportations then, says Green Party group leader Annika Hirvonen.
In March 2026, the Swedish Migration Agency announced that decisions to refuse residence permits in certain cases involving young adults who had previously held residence permits on the basis of family ties were paused after the government announced plans for new legislation.
These are people who previously held residence permits because of their ties to a parent, but who 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, give young adults the opportunity to apply for an extended residence permit based on ties to their parents even after they turn 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 applies until December 2027.
The red-green parties - the Social Democrats (S), the Left Party (V), the Centre Party (C) and the Green Party (MP) - have said that the new option is not enough and want to introduce a stopgap law, or moratorium, pending permanent legislation.
Source: Swedish Migration Agency, TT.
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