Asylum seekers will go from full legal support to two hours of general advice. This also applies to unaccompanied children. Several actors are sharply criticizing the change when the new Swedish rules come into effect on Sunday.
SwedenThe Tidö parties say no to a proposal to retake the vote that triggered the balance-of-power chaos in the Riksdag. The Riksdag majority was cheated out of that vote by the Sweden Democrats (SD). "It's so anti-democratic," says the Center Party's Niels Paarup-Petersen.
Swedish politicsRequirements for obtaining Swedish citizenship will be tightened from June 6, even for those who have already applied. The opposition's demand for transitional rules was voted down in the Riksdag.
Swedish politicsThe Green Party's proposal for a law to stop expulsions of teenagers has been voted down. The Tidö parties say they are already working on a solution.
Swedish politicsS and L chose not to support V's and MP's proposal in the social insurance committee on teenage deportations. "S and L have lied to the Swedish people straight to their faces and said they want to stop the deportations," says V's migration policy spokesperson Tony Haddou.
Swedish politicsV, S and The Green party wanted to ask questions about the revelation that Minister for Migration Johan Forssell's son has been active in a right-wing extremist environment. But The Moderate Party and The Liberals say no to inviting Forssell to the committee, reports Expressen.
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