Details: The police are stopped when the Migration Agency's detention facilities are full

Robert Ljungkvist tells us that there is hardly any space at the repository in Flen today. Despite the expansion in 2025 with 70 new places, more are needed.

- We are very short of places. It is basically full throughout Sweden, he says.

Raid

As recently as the turn of the month, a joint raid by the authorities was carried out at SSAB in Oxelösund, which led to 20 workers being taken into custody.

It is a similar effort aimed at workplaces in Stockholm that has now had to be cancelled, according to Aftonbladet.

According to Robert Ljungkvist, the fact that the repository is full does not affect the people who are in facilities around Sweden.

- They have their accommodation and live as they should. There is no difference for them other than that there are more people in the department at the same time, but that is usually only positive, he says.

The repository was expanded last year

When the 70 new places were opened in December last year, Maria Mindhammar, director general at the Swedish Migration Agency, described it as the biggest expansion in years.

But now the warehouse is full - again.

From 2023, the number of resident days in the detention center has increased from 156,164 to 213,044 in 2025. This is shown in the Migration Agency's annual report from last year.

SVT Nyheter Sörmland has asked the police authority to get their view on how the work is affected by the housing situation in the Migration Agency's custody.