Morgan Johansson
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Measures against car burnings and criminality in vulnerable areas
On Wednesday 17 August, Minister for Justice and Migration Morgan Johansson and Minister for Home Affairs Anders Ygeman presented the Government’s measures against car burnings and criminality in vulnerable areas. Reversing the trend requires both long-term welfare initiatives and forceful action against crime.
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Three assignments to the Swedish Migration Agency on ‘return’
The Government has decided to instruct the Swedish Migration Agency to increase the number of places at detention centres, to reduce the time from asylum application to return and to enhance return procedures by means of liaison officers stationed at missions abroad.
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National Board of Forensic Medicine instructed to conduct medical age assessments
Medical age assessments are needed for individuals seeking residence permits in Sweden. The Government has therefore instructed the National Board of Forensic Medicine to promptly start conducting medical age assessments and immediately increase its capability and capacity in this area.
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Speech by Morgan Johansson "Emerging Global Migration and Mobility, Trends and Issues: A Swedish Perspective"
Dhaka, Bangladesh 11 May 2016 Check against delivery
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Swedish Minister for Justice and Migration Mr Morgan Johansson visits Bangladesh 10 May to 12 May 2016
The Swedish Minister for Justice and Migration Mr Morgan Johansson will complete his first visit to Bangladesh, today. The main purpose of his visit was to deepen the relations between the two countries in the key area of migration, in light of Bangladesh's chairmanship of the Global Forum on Migration and Development.
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Proposal to temporarily restrict the possibility of being granted a residence permit in Sweden
On Thursday 28 April, the Government decided on a bill proposing that Swedish asylum regulations be temporarily brought into line with the minimum level in EU law and international conventions.
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Proposal to temporarily restrict the possibility of being granted a residence permit in Sweden
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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Speech by Morgan Johansson at UNHCR High-level meeting on global responsibility sharing through pathways for admission of Syrian refugees
Geneva 30 March 2016. Check against delivery.
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Government proposes amendments to asylum seekers’ right to assistance
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.
