Exception from the maintenance requirement for family immigration and residence permits on humanitarian grounds

The plan condemns the prevailing refugee policy with temporary and conditional residence permits as psychological violence and demands generous criteria and that children's best interests be placed first. Keeping the exception from support requirements and today's humanitarian grounds corresponds to this commitment, since the tightening measures split families and harm sick and settled children. The plan also directly addresses the committee's integration argument.

• humane refugee policydecisive»Vänsterpartiet anser att den inhumana flyktingpolitik som råder, med tillfälliga och villkorade uppehållstillstånd, är en form av psykologiskt våld mot en redan utsatt grupp.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Left Party believes that the inhumane refugee policy that prevails, with temporary and conditional residence permits, is a form of psychological violence against an already vulnerable group.”
• children's best interests first»Vänsterpartiets politik ska utformas så att barnens bästa kommer i första rummet.« (party programme ↗)“The Left Party's policy shall be designed so that children's best interests come first.”
• security promotes integration»Det är inte genom tidsbegränsade uppehållstillstånd som integrationen förbättras.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It is not through time-limited residence permits that integration improves.”
• generous asylum criteria»med generösa kriterier för flyktingskap och asyl.« (party programme ↗)“with generous criteria for refugee status and asylum.”

The election manifesto's binding commitment is that the tightened immigration policy remains fixed and that integration shall be improved, including through language requirements for permanent residence permits. The counter-proposal instead wants to preserve today's exceptions from the maintenance requirement and today's humanitarian basis, that is, a less restrictive arrangement than the plan's line. The party programme's demand for the children's convention and generous but regulated immigration pulls in the other direction but weighs less than the election manifesto.

• fixed tightened immigration policydecisive»Vi har stramat åt migrationspolitiken, och denna linje ligger fast.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We have tightened immigration policy, and this line is fixed.”
• sharpened requirements for residence permits»Det bör även ställas språkkrav för att få permanent uppehållstillstånd.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Language requirements should also be set to obtain permanent residence permits.”
• improved integration»Integrationen måste förbättras och samhörigheten öka.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Integration must be improved and cohesion increase.”
• children's convention as counterweight»Alla barn ska ha rätt till en trygg uppväxt i enlighet med FN:s barnkonvention.« (party programme ↗)“All children shall have the right to a secure upbringing in accordance with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.”

The election manifesto demands that more families shall be able to be reunited and that no asylum-seeking children shall be separated from their parents, and that the child perspective shall permeate migration law. An expanded maintenance requirement and tightened conditions for residence permits on humanitarian grounds runs directly counter to this. The counter-proposal's demands for preserved exceptions and preserved humanitarian rules are therefore supported in substance.

• family reunification and children's rightsdecisive»att fler familjer ska kunna återförenas i Sverige. Inga asylsökande barn ska kunna skiljas från sina föräldrar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“that more families shall be able to be reunited in Sweden. No asylum-seeking children shall be separated from their parents.”
• child perspective in migration law»Barnperspektivet ska genomsyra migrationslagarna« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The child perspective shall permeate migration law”
• secure permits for children»att barn på flykt ska få permanent uppehållstillstånd.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“that children on the run shall get permanent residence permit.”
• connection and health should weigh more heavily»ska anknytning och hälsa väga tyngre än det gör i« (party programme ↗)“connection and health should weigh more heavily than they do in”

The plan's crucial commitment in migration matters is a generous and humane refugee and immigration policy grounded in everyone's equal right and worth, and that asylum is a human right. Keeping the exception from the maintenance requirement during the first three months and today's humanitarian grounds for ill children and children grown up in Sweden follows directly from this, as does the plan's requirement that every child's right be protected. The plan therefore supports the counter-proposal's requirements in substance.

• generous and humane migration policydecisive»Centerpartiet strävar efter öppna gränser, fri rörlighet samt en generös och human flykting- och invandringspolitik.« (party programme ↗)“The Centre Party strives for open borders, free movement and a generous and humane refugee and immigration policy.”
• asylum as human right»Att få söka sig en fristad och en försörjning, inte bara inom det land där man är född, utan också utanför landets gränser, är en mänsklig rättighet.« (party programme ↗)“Being able to seek refuge and sustenance, not only in the country where one was born, but also outside the country's borders, is a human right.”
• child's right protected»Särskilt viktigt är att värna varje barns rätt att bli respekterad och att bli sedd för den man är.« (party programme ↗)“Of particular importance is to protect every child's right to be respected and to be seen for who they are.”
• openness and equal worth for all»När andra ställer människa mot människa, grupp mot grupp, försvarar vi öppenheten, demokratin och principen om allas lika värde.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“When others place person against person, group against group, we defend openness, democracy and the principle of equal worth for all.”

The party programme establishes that family reunification is an important part of asylum rights and that children shall be able to be reunited with their parents, which supports keeping the exception from maintenance requirements during the first months. The programme also requires that unaccompanied children are particularly protected and that asylum rights are a fundamental human right, which speaks to today's humanitarian rules for sick and Swedish-raised children. The election manifesto's requirement for legislation in line with other EU countries pulls in the opposite direction but does not address the exception as such, so uncertainty is large.

• family reunification as asylum rightdecisive»Familjeåterförening är en viktig del av asylrätten. Barn ska kunna återförenas med sina föräldrar.« (party programme ↗)“Family reunification is an important part of asylum rights. Children shall be able to be reunited with their parents.”
• special protection for children»ensamkommande barn ska särskilt värnas.« (party programme ↗)“unaccompanied children shall be particularly protected.”
• asylum rights protected»Asylrätten är en grundläggande mänsklig rättighet.« (party programme ↗)“Asylum rights are a fundamental human right.”
• EU-aligned migration legislation»Ska integrationen lyckas måste Sverige få en migrationspolitik med en lagstiftning i linje med andra EU-länder.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“For integration to succeed, Sweden must get a migration policy with legislation in line with other EU countries.”

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, which is the most binding expression for the party's line, requires a strict migration policy to address integration problems and exclusion, which speaks against keeping exemptions from the support requirement and today's wider rules on humanitarian grounds. The party programme's protection against family separation and its weighting of humanitarian grounds pulls the other direction and makes the assessment uncertain, but the election manifesto weighs more heavily.

• 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.”
• strict migration as election pledge»EN STRAM MIGRATION« (2022 manifesto ↗)“A STRICT MIGRATION”
• families shall not be separated»Migrationspolitiken får inte leda till att familjemedlemmar skiljs från varandra.« (party programme ↗)“Migration policy must not lead to family members being separated from each other.”
• humanitarian grounds weigh heavily»skyddsbehov och där humanitära skäl väger tungt.« (party programme ↗)“protection needs and where humanitarian grounds weigh heavily.”

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The plan explicitly requires that immigration shall decrease and that asylum legislation shall be adapted to the legal minimum level under EU law. To retain exceptions from the maintenance requirement and today's more generous rules for residence permits on humanitarian grounds is to retain a level above the minimum level, which the plan speaks against. The plan also directly links strict migration policy to functioning integration, the same factual grounds that the committee invokes.

• asylum rights at EU minimum leveldecisive»Anpassa asyllagstiftningen efter den rättsliga miniminivån enligt EU-rätten« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Adapt asylum legislation to the legal minimum level under EU law”
• reduced immigration for integration»Invandringen till Sverige behöver minska för att integrationen ska fungera bättre.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Immigration to Sweden needs to decrease for integration to work better.”
• strict migration policy»En målstyrd, stram och hållbar migrationspolitik är en förutsättning för att integrationen ska fungera.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“A targeted, strict and sustainable migration policy is a prerequisite for integration to work.”
• qualification for welfare»Införa kvalificering till välfärden för nyanlända genom eget arbete eller genom permanent och laglig bosättning i landet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Introduce qualification for welfare for newcomers through own work or through permanent and legal settlement in the country”

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The platform explicitly requires stricter requirements for family reunification immigration and that the Aliens Act is sharpened to the strictest possible level within EU law. The counter-proposal instead wants to preserve the exception from the maintenance requirement and today's more generous rules on residence permits on humanitarian grounds. This is in direct conflict with the plan's commitment to limit family reunification immigration as much as possible and combine it with strict requirements.

• sharpened family requirementsdecisive»Skärpa kraven för anhöriginvandring« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sharpen requirements for family reunification immigration”
• limit family reunification immigration»Dessutom måste anhöriginvandringen, som står för den större delen av den asylrelaterade invandringen, begränsas så långt det är möjligt och förenas med strikta krav.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Furthermore, family reunification immigration, which accounts for the larger part of asylum-related immigration, must be limited as much as possible and combined with strict requirements.”
• strictest aliens act»Skärpa reglerna i utlänningslagen till striktas möjliga nivå enligt EU-rätten« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sharpen the rules in the Aliens Act to the strictest possible level under EU law”
• reduced attraction factors»Sociala attraktionsfaktorer som exempelvis bidragssystem behöver ses över för att begränsa icke-medborgares rätt till välfärden.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Social attraction factors such as benefit systems need to be reviewed to limit non-citizens' rights to welfare.”