2026-06-172025/26:SfU31 · p.1SfUMigration & social insurance
Government's Bill to the Extent Concerning Suspension of Consideration
Tighter rules on supervision and detention of foreign nationals - the parts of the bill that can be deferred
What's at stake: Supervision and detention can involve serious interference with individuals' fundamental rights and freedoms, and the new rules mean more people in the migration process can be covered - including children and families with children. At the same time, the changes are meant to make the rules clearer and more predictable, align them better with EU law, and contribute to a more orderly and effective enforcement process.
Case texts and AI reasoning are AI-translated from the Swedish originals; the Swedish text is authoritative.
What the vote decides
The question is whether the Riksdag should adopt the government's legislative proposals on expanded possibilities to place foreign nationals under supervision and in detention, in the parts decided under the special decision rule because they restrict fundamental rights and freedoms, or whether those parts should be rejected as motions demanding that the proposal goes too far request.
Yes Yes — the committee proposal
The committee holds that the current rules on supervision and detention do not sufficiently serve the need for an orderly and effective enforcement process, while also lacking clarity and predictability, and that both migration and migration policy have changed since the rules took their present form. It wants the scope that EU law allows for deciding on supervision and detention to be used to a greater extent, notes that detention may only be used where the purpose cannot be achieved through supervision, and points out that today's rules on detaining children can cause unnecessary strain on families with children and unnecessary public cost. The committee therefore backs the legislative proposals, with an amendment to chapter 9, section 11 of the Aliens Act as it proposes itself, and turns down the motions calling for rejection.
Summarised from the committee report. Party labels in the summary come from the report, not from the vote.
V–
S–
MP–
C–
L–
KD–
M–
SD–
YesNoAbstainAbsent
What do the votes mean here?
Yes The committee proposal: adopting the government's legislative proposal and rejecting the motions (keeping things as they are).
No Rejecting the committee proposal.
Abstain The party marks a position of its own that is not one of the two final alternatives.
The plan's stance / Actual vote
AI
Vote
Confidence
Evidence
V
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No 0/21/0/0
S
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No 0/105/0/1
MP
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No 0/18/0/0
C
–
No 0/24/0/0
L
–
Yes 16/0/0/0
KD
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Yes 19/0/0/0
M
–
Yes 66/0/0/0
SD
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Yes 70/0/0/0
Committee proposal
The Riksdag adopts the Government's proposals for
1. an Act amending the Aliens Act (2005:716) with the amendment that Chapter 9, Section 11 shall have the wording that the Committee proposes in Appendix 3,
2. an Act amending the Aliens Act (2005:716),
3. an Act amending the Aliens Act (2005:716),
4. an Act amending the Act (2005:754) on Transit of Third-Country Nationals,
5. an Act amending the Act (2008:344) on Healthcare for Asylum Seekers and Others,
6. an Act amending the Education Act (2010:800),
7. an Act amending the Act (2008:344) on Healthcare for Asylum Seekers and Others to the extent concerning Section 4.
Thereby the Riksdag approves Government Bills 2025/26:229 point 9.2 and 2025/26:265 points 1-6 and rejects the motions
2025/26:4167 by Malcolm Momodou Jallow et al. (-) request 1,
2025/26:4172 by Annika Hirvonen et al. (MP) requests 1-7 and
2025/26:4182 by Tony Haddou et al. (V) request 1.
Vote result point 1 with special decision rule, from June 15
Original (Swedish)
Riksdagen antar regeringens förslag till
1. lag om ändring i utlänningslagen (2005:716) med den ändringen att 9 kap. 11 § ska ha den lydelse som utskottet föreslår i bilaga 3,
2. lag om ändring i utlänningslagen (2005:716),
3. lag om ändring i utlänningslagen (2005:716),
4. lag om ändring i lagen (2005:754) om transitering av tredjelandsmedborgare,
5. lag om ändring i lagen (2008:344) om hälso- och sjukvård åt asylsökande m.fl.,
6. lag om ändring i skollagen (2010:800),
7. lag om ändring i lagen (2008:344) om hälso- och sjukvård åt asylsökande m.fl. i de delar det avser 4 §.
Därmed bifaller riksdagen propositionerna 2025/26:229 punkt 9.2 och 2025/26:265 punkterna 1-6 och avslår motionerna
2025/26:4167 av Malcolm Momodou Jallow m.fl. (-) yrkande 1,
2025/26:4172 av Annika Hirvonen m.fl. (MP) yrkandena 1-7 och
2025/26:4182 av Tony Haddou m.fl. (V) yrkande 1.
Voteringsresultat punkt 1 med särskild beslutsregel, från 15 juni
Riksdag decision: On June 15, the Riksdag approved certain parts of the Government's proposal for stricter rules on supervision and detention in the migration process. The new rules that the Riksdag approved mean that more forms of supervision as an alternative to detention are introduced. Supervision can mean that a person is required to reside at a specific place or stay within a specific area.
The residence requirement can be combined with conditions on electronic monitoring if it is necessary to control that the residence requirement is followed. It will become clearer what conditions apply for placing a person under supervision and for detaining a person. Moreover, it will become clearer which authority is responsible at each stage of the migration process for deciding on supervision and detention.
These rules enter into force in large part on July 21, 2026.
During the debate in the chamber on June 14, a request for suspension of consideration was submitted regarding certain proposals. The request concerned certain grounds for detaining children, time limits for detention of certain children, and separation of children from their guardians.
After the vote in the chamber, the proposal was referred to the Constitutional Committee for examination according to Chapter 2, Section 22, third paragraph of the Instrument of Government.
On June 16, the Constitutional Committee determined in an examination that certain bills on supervision and detention of children in the Aliens Act are covered by a special legislative procedure in the Instrument of Government, which can allow suspension of consideration of the proposals for twelve months.
On June 17, the Riksdag decided to suspend consideration of the bills concerning certain grounds for detaining children, time limits for detention of certain children, and separation of children from their guardians.
The suspension decision means that the Government's bills are returned to the Social Insurance Committee and become suspended there for at least twelve months.