Sweden

Country Report

Country Report: Sweden Last updated: 20/05/25

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This report was prepared by the Swedish Refugee Law Center under the lead of Siri Sandin with contributions from Lars Olsson, Anna-Pia Beier, Saloa Rubil, Louise Dane, Karl Nilsson Ylva Carlshamre and Elias Nygren at the Swedish Refugee Law Center, and edited by the European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE). The Annex on Temporary Protection in Sweden was authored by Karl Nilsson at the Swedish Refugee Law Center and edited by ECRE.

Previous reports were prepared by either Caritas Sweden, Swedish Network of Refugee Support Groups (FARR) or the Swedish Refugee Law Center, and edited by ECRE. Previous versions of the Annex on Temporary Protection in Sweden were authored by Karl Nilsson at the Swedish Refugee Law Center and edited by ECRE.

This report draws on the practice of civil society organisations and other relevant actors, statistical information from the Swedish Migration Agency, the Swedish Migration Courts, as well as legal guidance documents and reports from the Migration Agency. The author would like to thank the Swedish Migration Agency and the Swedish National Courts Administration for their input.

The 2024 update to the AIDA country report on Sweden was shared with the Swedish Migration Authority to provide an opportunity for comments.

The information in this report is up to date as of 31 December 2024, unless otherwise stated.

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To access the updated report, you can navigate through the table of contents on the right end side or download the full report (in PDF) above.

Table of contents

  • Statistics
  • Overview of the legal framework
  • Overview of the main changes since the previous report update
  • Asylum Procedure
  • Reception Conditions
  • Detention of Asylum Seekers
  • Content of International Protection
  • ANNEX – I Transposition of the CEAS in national legislation