The proposal for a stopgap law received unanimous support at today'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 divisive issue”
However, the Tidö parties had several questions about how the stopgap law itself should be defined, 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 Democrat spokesperson Ingemar Kihlström.
The Liberals' Marianne Littke believes that legislation must be humane, clear and predictable.
“My view is that teenage deportations are not a divisive issue in migration policy, but that all parties agree this is an important issue,” she says.
May take several months
The committee members have invited Migration Minister Johan Forssell (Moderates) and the Swedish Migration Agency to answer questions about what is needed to introduce a stopgap law.
“It could take several months,” says Paarup-Petersen.
They hope to get the government's help in initiating a legislative process because the Government Offices have the most resources and expertise for such a task.
Meanwhile, the red-green parties also hope that the Swedish Migration Agency will pause deportations of young adults, now that there is such broad support in the Riksdag (the Swedish parliament).
The agency has previously paused deportations when the government announced new legislation.
In March 2026, the Swedish Migration Agency announced that decisions to refuse residence permits in certain cases involving young adults who had previously been granted permits on the basis of family ties were on hold after the government announced that new legislation was in the works.
These are people who previously had a residence permit because of a connection 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 Social Democrats, Left Party, Centre Party and Green Party have said that the new exception is not enough and want to introduce a stopgap law, a moratorium, pending permanent legislation.
Source: Swedish Migration Agency, TT.
