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Country Report: Overview of the legal framework Last updated: 30/11/20

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Main legislative acts relevant to asylum procedures, reception conditions, detention and content of protection

Title in English	Original Title (SE)	Abbreviation	Web Link
Aliens Act, 2005:716	Utlänningslag (2005:716)	UtlL	https://bit.ly/2Hzrris (SE)
Law on Reception of Asylum Seekers and Others, 1994:137	Lag (1994:137) om mottagande av asylsökande	LMA	https://bit.ly/2ES88Ne (SE)
Law on temporary limitations to the possibility of being granted a residence permit in Sweden, 2016:752 (prolonged on 20 July 2019 [2019:481])	Lag (2016:752) om tillfälliga begränsningar av möjligheten att få uppehållstillstånd i Sverige		https://bit.ly/2udG0xy (SE) https://bit.ly/2PP4glQ (SE)

Main implementing decrees and administrative guidelines and regulations relevant to asylum procedures, reception conditions, detention and content of protection

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Original Title (SE)

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Aliens Act Ordinance, 2006:97

Utlänningsförordningen, 2006:97

UtlF

https://bit.ly/2HM9fkP (SE)

Ordinance on the Act on Reception of Asylum Seekers, 1994:361

Ordinance with Instructions for the Migration Agency, 2019:502

Förordning (1994:361) om lagen om mottagande av asylsökande, 1994:361

Förordning (2019:502) med instruktion för Migrationsverket

https://bit.ly/2jMHsV9 (SE)

https://bit.ly/2L7YbPr (SE)

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