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Procedures applied in Sweden:
- Regular procedure
- Dublin procedure
- Admissibility procedure
- Accelerated procedure
- National protection statuses and return procedure
Since 2016, the Swedish Migration Agency implements a “tracks” policy whereby asylum seekers are channelled into a specific procedure depending on the circumstances of their case. Beyond the regular asylum procedure (“Tracks 1 and 2”), the policy foresees specific tracks for manifestly unfounded cases (“Track 4A”) or cases coming from low-recognition-rate countries (“Track 4B”), Dublin cases (“Track 5A”) and inadmissibility cases (“Track 5B” and “Track 5C”).
| Applications for international protection by track | ||
| 2023 | 2024 | |
| Track 1 – Presumed positive outcome | 1,192 | 903 |
| Track 2 – Presumed negative outcome | 7,484 | 5,616 |
| Track 3 – Delayed case processing | 6 | 6 |
| Track 4A – Accelerated procedure | 342 | 248 |
| Track 4B – Safe country origin | 1,223 | 707 |
| Track 5A – Dublin procedure | 1112 | 905 |
| Track 5B and 5C – Admissibility procedure | 126 | 176 |
| “Unknown” | 1,017 | 1,085 |
| Total | 12,502 | 9,646* |
Source: Information provided by the Swedish Migration Agency in January 2025. This statistic is taken from a different document than the statistics under point 3. We strive to maintain consistency by using the figures provided by the Swedish Migration Agency in their respective documents and not mixing different statistical sources—hence, the occasional variation in numbers for the same issue.
While Sweden has transposed the recast Asylum Procedures Directive, it should be noted that these tracks do not fully follow the structure of the Directive in terms of regular procedure, prioritised procedure and accelerated procedure. The different sections below refer to the applicable track in each case.