Migration | Motverket
Investigations into Swedish migration policy, the Migration Agency, deportations, controls, and due process.
- Reception Act October 1: county as a boundary, attendance control at the accommodation, and one week without money per day
The Reception Act (2026:999) replaces the LMA on October 1, 2026, and is amended again the following day. Asylum seekers are not permitted to leave the county, must participate in attendance checks from the age of 16, and lose daily allowances for each day spent outside the county. The review examines what applies on which day, what cannot be appealed, and what the Asylum Rights Centre warned about.
- Detention without oversight: The Swedish National Audit Office on deprivation of liberty in the return process
RiR 2025:32 indicates that detention costs exceed one billion, that proportionality is often lacking in the decisions, and that Migrationsverket and the police do not control who is detained—even though the government plans for 1,000 places by 2029.
- Codename EA20: When the Swedish Migration Agency's Language Analysis Becomes Hidden Evidence
SVT's investigation Codename EA20 revealed how the Swedish Migration Agency purchased language and knowledge analyses from Sprakab—while anonymous analysts, whose qualifications could not be verified, held decisive weight in asylum decisions.
- Angiverilag 2026: six authorities become the police's source of information
On July 13, six authorities will begin reporting suspected unauthorized residence to the police. Examination of side information, the low evidence threshold, mobile searches, and the risks to trust in authorities.
- Teenage deportations: when young adults are separated from the family by the migration system
Aftonbladet has surveyed 92 expulsions of teenagers in 2025. RESCUE describes how temporary permits, the 18-year limit and tougher rules can divide families who have already built their lives in Sweden.