The Settlement Act

The plan demands that costs and responsibility be distributed solidarily across the country and that welfare exists everywhere, and it wants to break up segregation rather than reinforce it. A system where municipalities can opt out of reception risks exactly the uneven distribution the plan opposes. The counter-proposal's demand for maintaining even distributed reception is therefore supported by the plan.

• solidary distribution between municipalitiesdecisive»Inkomster och kostnader behöver fördelas solidariskt över landet.« (party programme ↗)“Income and costs need to be distributed solidarily across the country.”
• break up segregation»Vi vill bryta upp segregationen och skapa en blandning av hustyper och« (party programme ↗)“We want to break up segregation and create a mix of house types and”
• welfare nationwide»Välfärden måste vara till för alla och finnas överallt.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Welfare must be for everyone and exist everywhere.”
• establishment requires welfare»som ger alla språkkunskaper och praktiska möjligheter att arbeta« (party programme ↗)“which provides everyone with language skills and practical opportunities to work”

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 explicitly establishes that all municipalities, even the well-off ones, shall take their share of responsibility and that asylum seekers shall no longer be able to choose where they live - thus the direct opposite of allowing municipalities to opt out of reception. The party programme gives all municipalities a responsibility to receive refugees. The counter-proposal's requirement for a maintained, evenly distributed reception is thus the plan's own line.

• all municipalities take responsibilitydecisive»Alla kommuner, även de välbeställda, ska ta sin del av ansvaret.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“All municipalities, even the well-off ones, shall take their share of responsibility.”
• municipal reception responsibility»Alla kommuner har ett ansvar att ta emot« (party programme ↗)“All municipalities have a responsibility to receive”
• directed housing prevents segregation»Asylsökande ska inte längre ha möjlighet att själva välja var de ska bo.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Asylum seekers shall no longer have the opportunity to choose for themselves where they live.”
• even distribution breaks segregation»Segregationen bryts inte med särlösningar för resurssvaga.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Segregation is not broken with special solutions for resource-poor.”

The plan explicitly establishes that all municipalities shall have a generous and equivalent refugee reception, which is precisely the counter-proposal's objection to municipalities being able to opt out of reception. The plan also sees the state's and municipalities' responsibility for reception as joint and wants to strengthen establishment, not make it more unequal. Retaining the current distribution system therefore follows from the plan.

• equivalent municipal receptiondecisive»Alla kommuner ska ha ett generöst och likvärdigt flyktingmottagande.« (party programme ↗)“All municipalities shall have a generous and equivalent refugee reception.”
• shared responsibility for reception»Staten och kommunerna har ett gemensamt ansvar för att människor som kommer till Sverige ska få en bra start i landet.« (party programme ↗)“The state and municipalities have joint responsibility for people coming to Sweden to receive a good start in the country.”
• better establishment»förlänga etableringsprogrammet för nyanlända till minst fyra år för att skapa bättre förutsättningar för etablering, så att fler kommer i arbete snabbare.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“extend the establishment programme for newly arrived to at least four years to create better conditions for establishment, so that more enter employment faster.”
• quick establishment contact»Människor som kommer till Sverige ska snabbt få kontakt med skola, vård och arbetsmarknad.« (party programme ↗)“People coming to Sweden should quickly get contact with school, healthcare and labour market.”

The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.

The counter-proposal wants to lock in the current settlement system and warns against giving municipalities influence over reception. The plan's bearing principle is the opposite: municipalities shall get greater opportunities to take responsibility for these challenges and decisions shall be made close to those affected. The plan's requirement for equal welfare throughout the country does speak for even distribution, but it does not abolish the decentralization commitment.

• municipal responsibility for receptiondecisive»Kommunerna måste få större möjligheter att ta ansvar för dessa utmaningar.« (party programme ↗)“Municipalities must get greater opportunities to take responsibility for these challenges.”
• decentralization»Decentralisera mera. Människor ska få bestämma mer själva, och politiska beslut ska fattas nära dem som berörs.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Decentralize more. People shall get to decide more themselves, and political decisions shall be made close to those affected.”
• decisions at the lowest level»Beslut som endast berör en mer lokal nivå, eller bara individen själv, bör inte flyttas upp till en högre nivå,« (party programme ↗)“Decisions that only concern a more local level, or only the individual themselves, should not be moved up to a higher level,”
• equality throughout the country»Alla invånare ska ha tillgång till en likvärdig och pålitlig välfärd oavsett var de bor« (2022 manifesto ↗)“All inhabitants shall have access to equal and reliable welfare regardless of where they live”

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 party programme establishes that all municipalities shall be able to receive newly arrived immigrants, which argues for maintaining a system that distributes reception evenly and against municipalities being able to opt out of reception. The plan also wants to direct settlement towards municipalities with good labour markets and has already rejected free settlement for asylum seekers by wanting to abolish EBO. The Settlement Act as such is not mentioned.

• all municipalities receivedecisive»Alla kommuner ska kunna ta emot nyanlända.« (party programme ↗)“All municipalities shall be able to receive newly arrived immigrants.”
• settlement where the jobs are»Det är angeläget att nyanlända har förutsättningar och drivkrafter att bo i kommuner med god arbetsmarknad.« (party programme ↗)“It is important that newly arrived immigrants have conditions and incentives to live in municipalities with good labour markets.”
• directed settlement against segregation»För att motverka trångboddhet och segregation ska asylsökandes möjlighet till eget boende (EBO) i kommuner eller stadsdelar avskaffas.« (party programme ↗)“To counteract overcrowding and segregation, asylum seekers' option for own housing (EBO) in municipalities or city districts shall be abolished.”

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 counter-proposal wants to retain a system where the state assigns reception to municipalities unchanged. The plan demands strong and constitutionally regulated municipal self-government and is based on the subsidiarity principle, that what a smaller community can manage it should also be allowed to manage. This speaks for a system with greater municipal influence over reception, in line with the manifesto's demand for a strict migration policy.

• strong municipal self-governmentdecisive»Kommunal demokrati förutsätter kommunal självstyrelse. Den kommunala självstyrelsen ska vara stark och tydligt reglerad i grundlagen.« (party programme ↗)“Municipal democracy presupposes municipal self-government. Municipal self-government shall be strong and clearly regulated in the constitution.”
• the subsidiarity principle determines the level»Det en gemenskap på ett ändamålsenligt sätt kan sköta ska den också få sköta.« (party programme ↗)“What a community can appropriately manage it shall also be allowed to manage.”
• strict migration policy»Stram migrationspolitik krävs för att ta itu med integrationsproblem och utanförskap.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strict migration policy is required to address integration problems and exclusion.”
• the financing principle for new tasks»Finansieringsprincipen måste respekteras när staten ålägger kommunerna nya uppgifter.« (party programme ↗)“The financing principle must be respected when the state imposes new tasks on municipalities.”

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The plan wants a goal-oriented and tight migration policy where integration capacity determines the level, with a volume target at Nordic levels, and it otherwise builds on decisions being made at the lowest effective level. Locking in today's settlement legislation and explicitly warning against giving municipalities influence over reception contradicts both of these commitments.

• integration capacity guidesdecisive»Vår integrationsförmåga ska vara styrande för nivån på invandringen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Our integration capacity shall guide the level of immigration.”
• volume target for reception»Införa ett volymmål för asylmottagandet på nordiska nivåer« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Introduce a volume target for asylum reception at Nordic levels”
• tight migration policy»En målstyrd, stram och hållbar migrationspolitik är en förutsättning för att integrationen ska fungera.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“A goal-oriented, tight, and sustainable migration policy is a prerequisite for integration to work.”
• decisions at the lowest level»Det politiska systemet ska bygga på att beslut fattas på lägsta« (party programme ↗)“The political system shall be based on decisions being made at the lowest”

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The plan wishes to stop asylum immigration from countries outside the immediate region, reduce pressures through an active return migration policy and considers municipal self-determination as central. Locking the settlement law in its current form, with mandatory and evenly distributed reception that municipalities cannot opt out of, thus goes against the plan.

• stopped asylum immigrationdecisive»Stoppa asylinvandringen från länder som inte utgör vårt närområde« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Stop asylum immigration from countries that are not part of our immediate region”
• municipal self-determination»Vi betraktar det kommunala självbestämmandet som en central del av demokratin« (party programme ↗)“We consider municipal self-determination as a central part of democracy”
• return migration over reception»Skapa en aktiv återvandringspolitik för personer som inte lyckas rota sig i Sverige« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Create an active return migration policy for persons who fail to put down roots in Sweden”
• no preferential treatment for newcomers»Stoppa den positiva särbehandlingen av nyanlända vad gäller jobb och lägenheter« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Stop positive special treatment of newly arrived regarding jobs and housing”