All parties agree to investigate stop law for "teenage expulsions"

All parties in the Riksdag have now supported the red-green committee's initiative to investigate a stop-gap law for the deportations of young people who had residence permits due to ties to their parents, the so-called teenage deportations.

- Now we hope that we will have continued good cooperation between all parties and with the government, says Niels Paarup-Petersen, migration policy spokesperson for the Center Party.

The committee initiative presented by MP, S, C and V last week aims to investigate a stop-gap law for "teenage expulsions" pending a long-term solution to the issue.

The initiative is a reaction to high-profile cases of young people being deported on their 18th birthday because their attachment to their parents was deemed to have ended. Now the age limit has been raised to 21, but the red-greens think this is insufficient.

It will take months before a new law can be in place, even if all parliamentary parties now agree to investigate the issue, according to Niels Paarup-Petersen.

Now Migration Minister Johan Forssell (M) is to be invited to the committee, something the red-greens hope, among other things, will lead to help with the preparation of the law itself.

- At the Government Offices and the Ministry of Justice there are many civil servants who are experts in the Aliens Act. The fastest way to legislate is when the Government Office produces documentation and the Riksdag legislates through committee initiatives, says Annika Hirvonen (MP).

Johan Forssell says that he is prepared to assist the investigation, but that he does not think that the red-greens have been sufficiently clear about how the legislation could be designed. In addition, he flags that it can take a long time to get a new team in place.

- What is the long-term plan? How far back should it apply to decisions that have already entered into force? What age limit should apply? he wonders.

What is your role in the teenage expulsions being able to continue?

- Several of the parties that criticize me had six years to do something for this group. I want things to go well for this group, and of course I wish the valve that went into effect a few weeks ago had come years ago.