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During the spring and summer of 2025, all asylum seekers who lived in accommodation they had arranged themselves (so-called own accommodation (EBO)), were allocated a place at one of the Swedish Migration Agency’s reception and return centers. From 1 September 2025, the main rule is that asylum seekers must live in the accommodation allocated by the Swedish Migration Agency in order to be entitled to daily allowance and special grant. Asylum seekers who chose to stay in an accommodation they have arranged themselves may later be granted a place at the centers if they are found to be in need of accommodation.[1] The reception centres are not locked facilities, and organizations or individuals may visit them. Civil society organizations currently organize activities at the reception centres. Examples include physical activities, homework support, activities for children, and language cafés.[2]
The Swedish Migration Agency lists contact information for organizations that assist asylum seekers on its website.[3]
[1] Migration Agency, Changed rules on asylum seekers’ accommodation, available in English here.
[2] For information about current activities by Civil Society see the report Redovisning av uppdraget att förbereda för ett reformerat mottagningssystem (Ju2024/00608), Dnr: 1.1.2-2025-513, available in Swedish here.
[3] Migration Agency, You are waiting for a decision – Organisations that can support asylum seekers, available in English here.