Morgan Johansson

Swedish rules of asylum will be temporarily brought into line with the minimum level in EU law and international conventions. The legislative proposal is now being sent to the Council on Legislation.

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The right to assistance will cease to apply for people whose refusal-of-entry or expulsion order has become final and non-appealable. This is what the Government is proposing in a Bill to the Riksdag (Swedish Parliament). The proposal does not apply to families with children and is part of the agreement reached by the Government and the centre-right parties in October 2015.

The right to assistance will cease to apply for people whose expulsion order has become final and non-appealable. This is what the Government lays out in a proposal submitted to the Council on Legislation. The proposal does not apply to families with children and is part of the agreement reached by the Government and the centre-right parties in October 2015.

On Thursday 11 February 2016, the Ministry of Justice, the Swedish Bar Association and the Swedish Courts held a conference on the Nordic–Baltic regional division of the European Unified Patent Court. Work is in progress to prepare and establish the regional division in Stockholm.

The Government has previously announced a temporary law on restrictions to the possibility of being granted a residence permit in Sweden. The proposal, which aims to adapt the Swedish asylum regulations to the minimum level in the EU, is now being sent out for consultation.

Opinion article, Newspaper Expressen, 8 february 2016 Legislation must keep pace with developments in society. The Government therefore plans to implement changes that aim to offer the same conditions for everyone, regardless of their choice of partner and type of family, write five government ministers.

Today at 4:15 pm the Minister for Justice and Migration Morgan Johansson briefs the international press on the migration situation, following the press conference held by Prime Minister Stefan Löfven.

On Tuesday 3 November, the Government and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) organised a seminar on labour migration and ethical recruitment. Supported in part by the Swedish Government, IOM is currently developing the International Recruitment Integrity System (IRIS), a certification system that will help companies ensure the ethical and sustainable recruitment of international labour.

On Tuesday, 3 November, the Government is holding a seminar on ethical recruitment of migrant workers, in co-operation with the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The seminar will take place at the Government offices Rosenbad, in Stockholm.