Red-green parties agree on a moratorium on teenage deportations - demand a new government

Deportations of young adults have already made the red-green parties sit down together, despite the deadlocks in the government issue.

On Wednesday last week, the parties' migration policy spokespersons and the Network for young people who are threatened with teenage deportation met. New talks are ongoing, according to information to TT.

The parties concluded that more needs to be done. The government's "valve" is not enough, but deportations also need to be stopped for people who have turned 21. A crass observation after the meeting was - "then a new government is needed".

The parties agree to introduce a moratorium, a stopgap law, against the teenage deportations so that they will not be enforced until a permanent solution is in place.

But how such a thing should look is unclear.

The Left Party, the Center Party and the Green Party all want to reintroduce a provision on residence permits that the Riksdag abolished in 2023.

Then the provision "particularly painful circumstances" for adults with strong ties to Sweden was removed. The legislation thus became more restrictive.

- We must introduce particularly painful circumstances for adults with strong ties to Sweden again, says the Left Party's group leader Samuel Gonzalez Westling.

Such a reintroduction would give all affected young people the opportunity to apply for a residence permit again, according to the Green Party's Annika Hirvonen.

However, it is unclear whether the Social Democrats support this.

- If it is the case that the Social Democrats have any views on what we propose, we are also prepared to discuss and compromise until we reach a solution that we can actually all agree on, says Gonzalez Westling.

S, for its part, wants a new government to quickly investigate how a person's connection to Sweden can give increased opportunities for residence permits and whether residence permits can to a greater extent accompany those of the parents.

- It could be that you have been in Sweden for many years, you have behaved yourself, not committed any crimes, you know the language, you have studied here. There are many different parameters, says Ida Karkiainen (S), migration policy spokesperson.

Sweden must continue to have a strict migration policy, according to the party.

What effect the valve "particularly painful circumstances" has had, and may have, must be investigated first, according to Karkiainen.

- There are some who believe that this valve has been very wide, almost amnesty-like, and some believe that the valve has been very narrow, she says.