The red-green agree: The teenage deportations are stopped

During the social security committee's meeting on Tuesday, S, V, C and MP agreed on a joint initiative to temporarily stop the so-called teenage expulsions. The initiative is a reaction to the fact that several young people have been deported when they reached a certain age, even though they have strong ties to Sweden. The Tidö government introduced a kind of valve last spring, but the red-green parties think it is insufficient.

- This initiative contains a proposal for a stop-gap law to put a stop to deportations that otherwise risk being carried out, says MP's migration policy spokesperson Annika Hirvonen.

How long it will take to get the stop law in place is still unclear. The proposal involves a temporary stop, but the ambition is to return with a permanent law.

- Legislation must be drafted carefully and nothing should be rushed. But we still want to emphasize that it is important to work quickly on this matter. Drafting a stop-gap law should not take so long compared to other legislation, says Ida Karkiainen (S), migration policy spokesperson.

It is the Swedish Migration Agency that enforces the deportation decisions, and the authority can pause deportations if the assessment is that a new law will soon be in place. Ida Karkiainen does not want to speculate whether there will be such a break this time.

- The Swedish Migration Agency must assess that itself. But in the spring they made the decision to pause the deportations pending the government's decision.

V leader Nooshi Dadgostar also points out that the Swedish Migration Agency previously put a stop to the execution of deportations pending new legislation.

- It was done last spring and shouldn't be that difficult. This is a very clear message from Sweden's Riksdag, says Nooshi Dadgostar.

The committee initiative is the first decision this mandate period where the red-green parties have agreed on an issue in the Riksdag. Nooshi Dadgostar believes that it is a signal of what the ongoing government negotiations can lead to.

- This means that we can implement so many good things if we sit down at a table and agree with each other. It is a statement of strength that today we were able to gather a majority in Sweden's Riksdag behind this announcement, says Nooshi Dadgostar.