Working with a residence permit for studies

The plan does not address working-hour limits for students with residence permits. The closest commitments are that the state shall ensure it is possible to both live and study with economically secure conditions, that education shall be accessible regardless of the thickness of your wallet, and that no one should be dependent on their employer to be able to stay in the country. This speaks for the less strict boundary that the counter-proposal requests, but the conclusion is derived.

• secure study conditionsdecisive»det går att både bo och studera med ekonomiskt trygga villkor« (party programme ↗)“it is possible to both live and study with economically secure conditions”
• accessible education»Det måste bli lättare att utbilda sig efter grundskolan oavsett vem du är, tjockleken på din plånbok eller var i landet du bor.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It must become easier to be educated after primary school regardless of who you are, the thickness of your wallet, or where in the country you live.”
• no dependent situation»Ingen av oss ska behöva utstå rasism på arbetsplatsen eller vara beroende av arbetsgivaren för att få stanna i Sverige.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“None of us should have to endure racism in the workplace or be dependent on the employer to be able to stay in Sweden.”
• security promotes integration»Det är inte genom tidsbegränsade uppehållstillstånd som integrationen förbättras.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It is not through temporary residence permits that integration improves.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The election manifesto states that labour immigration shall be limited and that the unemployed in Sweden should first come into work, and that the tightening of migration policy is firm. The counter-proposal wants to expand students' work rights from 15 to 20 hours per week, which goes the opposite direction and against the plan's concern that labour immigration leads to exploitation. The promise of highly educated workers in shortage occupations does not outweigh this.

• limited labour immigrationdecisive»Arbetskraftsinvandringen ska begränsas. I första hand ska arbetslösa i Sverige komma i arbete.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Labour immigration shall be limited. Those unemployed in Sweden should first come into work.”
• tight migration policy is firm»Vi har stramat åt migrationspolitiken, och denna linje ligger fast.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We have tightened migration policy, and this line is firm.”
• prevent exploitation»Dessutom leder dagens arbetskraftsinvandring ofta till att människor utnyttjas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Moreover, today's labour immigration often leads to people being exploited.”
• secure highly educated workers»Samtidigt behöver vi bättre säkra tillgången till högutbildad arbetskraft i bristyrken.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“At the same time, we need to better secure access to highly educated workers in shortage occupations.”

The plan wants more international students to be able to study in Sweden, that the country is open to labour migration and that newly arrived people's competences are utilized. A narrower working time limit during terms counteracts this, while the counter-proposal's 20-hour limit with exceptions for summer work and student union assignments lies closer to the plan's openness and settlement line.

• more international studentsdecisive»som fler internationella studenter ska få möjlighet att studera i Sverige.« (party programme ↗)“that more international students shall have the opportunity to study in Sweden.”
• openness to labour migration»Sverige ska vara ett land som är öppet för arbetskraftsinvandring.« (party programme ↗)“Sweden shall be a country that is open to labour migration.”
• competences are utilized»kompetenser som människor som kommer till vårt land har ska tas tillvara.« (party programme ↗)“competences that people who come to our country have shall be utilized.”
• quick path into society»korta handläggningstiderna för arbetstillstånd och asylbeslut så att det går fortare att komma in i samhället« (2022 manifesto ↗)“shorten processing times for work permits and asylum decisions so that it goes faster to come into society”

The plan protects labour immigration and explicitly wants to allow labour immigrants to count study time in Sweden, and sees the world as an opportunity and wants to recruit staff from other countries. A less strict limit of 20 hours a week maintains Sweden as an attractive study destination and facilitates skills supply, in line with this. The plan does not, however, specify any hour limit.

• protected labour immigrationdecisive»Värna arbetskraftsinvandringen. För att svenska företag ska kunna konkurrera måste de ha möjlighet att snabbt hitta, rekrytera och anställa rätt kompetens. Låt arbetskraftsinvandrare räkna in studietiden i Sverige vid ansökan om permanent uppehållstillstånd.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Protect labour immigration. For Swedish companies to be able to compete, they must have the opportunity to quickly find, recruit and hire the right expertise. Let labour immigrants count study time in Sweden when applying for permanent residence.”
• openness to the world»som öppnar upp nya marknader för svenska varor och tjänster och gör det möjligt att rekrytera medarbetare från andra länder« (2022 manifesto ↗)“that opens up new markets for Swedish goods and services and makes it possible to recruit staff from other countries”
• fewer obstacles to mobility»Centerpartiet vill fortsätta att avlägsna de hinder som finns för enskilda människors rörlighet i världen.« (party programme ↗)“Centerpartiet wants to continue to remove the obstacles that exist for individuals' mobility in the world.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan requires generous rules for those who study or conduct research at Swedish higher education institutions and wants to make it easier to stay and work, while competence-based deportations shall cease. A limit of 20 hours per week instead of 15 comes closer to this commitment and values Sweden as a knowledge nation. However, the plan simultaneously wants to prevent abuse of the permit system, which provides some support for a limit.

• generous rules for studentsdecisive»forska eller utbilda sig vid svenska lärosäten ska ha generösa regler för att sedan kunna hitta« (party programme ↗)“conduct research or study at Swedish higher education institutions shall have generous rules to then be able to find”
• against competence-based deportations»Tillfälliga arbetstillstånd ska kunna ges för en längre period än i dag. Kompetensutvisningarna av högkvalificerad arbetskraft måste få ett slut.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Temporary work permits shall be able to be issued for a longer period than today. Competence-based deportations of highly qualified workers must end.”
• simplified permit rules»Reglerna för ansökan om och förlängning av uppehållstillstånd för den som vistas här lagligt« (party programme ↗)“The rules for application for and extension of residence permits for those staying here legally”
• prevent abuse of the system»göras för att systemet för arbetskraftsinvandring inte ska missbrukas för till exempel« (party programme ↗)“be done so that the system for labour migration is not abused for, for example”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The election manifesto requires strict migration policy and the party programme that irregular migration and abuse of migration rules are prevented, which supports the narrower 15-hour limit. The counter-proposal's requirement for 20 hours goes in the opposite direction. The plan simultaneously wants to utilise people's will to self-sufficiency and give immigrants good opportunities for studies, but that does not outweigh the strict main line.

• strict migration policydecisive»Stram migrationspolitik krävs för att ta itu med integrationsproblem och utanförskap.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strict migration policy is required to address integration problems and exclusion.”
• prevent abuse of migration rules»Vi vill motverka irreguljär migration, motverka människosmuggling och ha ett« (party programme ↗)“We want to prevent irregular migration, prevent human trafficking and have a”
• self-sufficiency utilised»vilja och förmåga till egenförsörjning ska tas tillvara.« (party programme ↗)“will and ability to self-sufficiency shall be utilised.”
• studies and integration»Invandrare ska garanteras goda möjligheter till undervisning i svenska språket och om det« (party programme ↗)“Immigrants shall be guaranteed good opportunities for teaching in the Swedish language and if”

The plan requires a strict migration policy and wants to close pathways where residence permits are used for other purposes, for example by abolishing track-switching. Raising the work-hour cap from 15 to 20 hours per week during terms instead widens the scope and goes against the plan's line to lay the rule-set at EU law's minimum level. The plan's care for specialist expertise applies to recruited labour, not study permits.

• counter misuse of permitsdecisive»Avskaffa möjligheten till spårbyte, det vill säga möjligheten för en person som fått avslag på sin asylansökan att i stället få ett arbetstillstånd« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Abolish the possibility of track-switching, that is, the possibility for a person who received a rejected asylum application to instead get a work permit”
• strict migration policy»En målstyrd, stram och hållbar migrationspolitik är en förutsättning för att integrationen ska fungera.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“A goal-driven, strict and sustainable migration policy is a prerequisite for integration to function.”
• minimum level according to EU law»Anpassa asyllagstiftningen efter den rättsliga miniminivån enligt EU-rätten« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Adapt asylum legislation to the legal minimum level according to EU law”
• value recruited specialist expertise»Sätta stopp för kompetensutvisningarna« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Put a stop to competence deportations”

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The plan requires that immigration act rules be tightened to the strictest possible level according to EU law and particularly points out fraud and trafficking in residence permits as a widespread problem. The counter-proposal wants to ease the restriction from 15 to 20 hours of work per week, thus go further than the EU's minimum level in a generous direction. The plan furthermore wants that work that can be performed by the unemployed in Sweden is not filled by foreign labour.

• strictest possible leveldecisive»Skärpa reglerna i utlänningslagen till striktas möjliga nivå enligt EU-rätten« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sharpen the rules in the immigration act to the strictest possible level according to EU law”
• abuse of residence permits»Reglerna för arbetskraftsinvandring har dessutom i praktiken slutat fungera. Korruption, fusk och handel med både uppehållstillstånd och människor är vanligt förekommande.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The rules for labour immigration have furthermore in practice stopped functioning. Corruption, fraud and trafficking in both residence permits and people are common.”
• domestic workforce first»Stoppa arbetskraftsinvandring till yrken som kan tillgodoses av inhemsk arbetskraft« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Stop labour immigration to occupations that can be met by domestic workforce”
• unemployed in Sweden first»Många sådana arbeten bör kunna utföras av de hundratusentals arbetslösa som redan bor i Sverige.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Many such jobs should be able to be performed by the hundreds of thousands of unemployed who already live in Sweden.”