Children and young people in the asylum process

The party programme wants to implement the child convention and the principle of always putting the child's best interest first, and requires that those seeking asylum are guaranteed an individual and fair assessment. The counter-proposal's requirement that the child's situation be assessed separately, that child-specific persecution counts as grounds for refugee status, and that children have a voice is exactly that commitment implemented in the asylum process. The plan also expresses strong confidence in young people's own ability.

• implement the child conventiondecisive»Utvecklingen mot starkare rättigheter för barn är en av de progressiva« (party programme ↗)“Development toward stronger rights for children is one of the progressive”
• individual fair assessment»sin rätt till en individuell och rättssäker prövning under värdiga« (party programme ↗)“their right to individual and fair assessment under dignified”
• children's right to be heard»Vi har ett starkt förtroende för unga människors förmåga att fatta« (party programme ↗)“We have strong confidence in young people's ability to decide”
• asylum rights inviolable»Rätten att söka asyl kan aldrig tummas på, vi kräver att endast permanenta uppehållstillstånd ska utfärdas vid beviljad asyl.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The right to seek asylum can never be compromised, we demand that only permanent residence permits shall be issued when asylum is granted.”

The party programme establishes that all children have the right to a safe childhood in accordance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child and that Sweden shall offer a safe haven to people forced to flee. That the child's situation is assessed individually, that child-specific persecution counts as grounds for refugee status and that children are given a voice follow from these commitments. The election manifesto's tightened line concerns volumes in migration policy rather than children's legal security in the process.

• the Convention on the Rights of the Child as the foundationdecisive»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 safe childhood in accordance with the UN's Convention on the Rights of the Child”
• protection for those in need of protection»Sverige ska erbjuda en trygg fristad åt människor som tvingas fly från förföljelse och våld« (party programme ↗)“Sweden shall offer a safe haven to people forced to flee from persecution and violence”
• tightened migration policy»Vi har stramat åt migrationspolitiken, och denna linje ligger fast« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We have tightened migration policy, and this line holds firm”

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 the child perspective should permeate the migration laws, that legal security in the asylum process should be strengthened and support for vulnerable groups improved, and that children fleeing should receive permanent residence permits. The party programme wants to make the child convention Swedish law. Giving the child's best interest full effect and investigating child-specific protection grounds follow directly from these commitments.

• child perspective in migration lawsdecisive»Barnperspektivet ska genomsyra migrationslagarna« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The child perspective should permeate the migration laws”
• child convention as law»barnkonvention ska bli svensk lag och politiska« (party programme ↗)“child convention should become Swedish law and political”
• secure asylum process»stärka rättssäkerheten i asylprocessen och stödet för hbtqi-flyktingar och andra sårbara grupper.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“strengthen legal security in the asylum process and support for LGBTQI+ refugees and other vulnerable groups.”
• security for children fleeing»att barn på flykt ska få permanent uppehållstillstånd.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“that children fleeing should receive permanent residence permits.”

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The plan establishes that society's actors shall adopt the individual's perspective and that children's rights weigh most heavily, and that the party stands for a generous and humane refugee policy. That the child's situation is assessed on its own, that child-specific persecution counts as grounds for asylum and that children get a say follow directly from that. The plan therefore supports the requirement.

• child's rights firstdecisive»Samhällets aktörer ska inta individens perspektiv. Av största betydelse är då barnens rättigheter och perspektiv.« (party programme ↗)“Society's actors shall adopt the perspective of the individual. Of utmost importance are then children's rights and perspective.”
• humane refugee policy»Centerpartiet strävar efter öppna gränser, fri rörlighet samt en generös och human flykting- och invandringspolitik.« (party programme ↗)“The Centre Party strives for open borders, freedom of movement and a generous and humane refugee and migration policy.”
• every child's right»Särskilt viktigt är att värna varje barns rätt att bli respekterad och att bli sedd för den man är.« (party programme ↗)“Particularly important is to safeguard every child's right to be respected and to be seen for who they are.”
• secure assessment»Alla som bor i Sverige ska kunna få sin sak prövad.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“All who live in Sweden shall be able to have their case heard.”

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 explicitly establishes that special consideration shall be given to children's own asylum grounds and that unaccompanied children in particular shall be specially protected, and that the asylum process needs to change to live up to international legal obligations. The counter-proposal's requirements for the child's best interests, child-specific persecution grounds and that children get to have their voices heard follow directly from this. The election manifesto's requirement for EU-aligned legislation nuances but does not abolish the commitment.

• children's own asylum groundsdecisive»hänsyn ska tas till barns egna asylskäl, och ensamkommande barn ska särskilt värnas« (party programme ↗)“consideration shall be given to children's own asylum grounds, and unaccompanied children in particular shall be specially protected”
• legally secure asylum proceedings»Asylprocessen i Sverige behöver förändras för att leva upp till folkrättsliga åtaganden.« (party programme ↗)“The asylum process in Sweden needs to change to live up to international legal obligations.”
• cherished asylum right»Asylrätten ska värnas där den med asylskäl ska stanna och den utan skäl lämnar landet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The right to asylum shall be cherished where those with asylum grounds stay and those without grounds leave the country.”
• legislation in line with EU»Ska integrationen lyckas måste Sverige få en migrationspolitik med en lagstiftning i linje med andra EU-länder.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“If integration is to succeed, Sweden must have a migration policy with legislation in line with other EU countries.”

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 plan explicitly requires that the child perspective always be included in migration matters and that the child's best interest come first according to the child convention. It also requires that the entire asylum process be designed to guarantee legal security for the individual. That the child's situation be assessed individually, that children be heard and that children's investigations be prioritized follows directly from this, even though the election manifesto's requirement for strict immigration policy argues against expanded protection grounds.

• child perspective in migration mattersdecisive»Barnperspektivet ska alltid finnas med i migrations« (party programme ↗)“The child perspective shall always be included in migration”
• child's best interest first»barnets bästa ska komma i främsta rummet.« (party programme ↗)“the child's best interest shall come first.”
• legally secure asylum process»För den som söker asyl i Sverige måste hela processen vara utformad så att rättssäkerhet garanteras den« (party programme ↗)“For one who seeks asylum in Sweden the entire process must be designed so that legal security is guaranteed to the”
• strict immigration policy»Stram migrationspolitik krävs för att ta itu med integrationsproblem och utanförskap.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strict immigration policy is required to address integration problems and exclusion.”

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 plan's decisive commitment is that asylum legislation should be adapted to the legal minimum level according to EU law and that the number of asylum seekers should decrease significantly. The counter-proposal requires the opposite: expanded grounds for protection through child-specific persecution, lower evidentiary standards and prioritized child investigations, which raises the legislation above the minimum level. The plan allows integration capacity to govern the level of immigration.

• EU legal minimum leveldecisive»Anpassa asyllagstiftningen efter den rättsliga miniminivån enligt EU-rätten« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Adapt asylum legislation to the legal minimum level according to EU law”
• fewer asylum seekers»Antalet asylsökande till Sverige behöver minska betydligt.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The number of asylum seekers to Sweden needs to decrease significantly.”
• volume target for asylum reception»Införa ett volymmål för asylmottagandet på nordiska nivåer« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Introduce a volume target for asylum reception at Nordic levels”
• integration capacity governs»Vår integrationsförmåga ska vara styrande för nivån på invandringen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Our integration capacity should be governing for the level of immigration.”

The plan requires the strictest possible immigration legislation within the framework of EU law and that direct asylum reception from countries outside the neighbouring region be reduced to near zero. Writing in child-specific persecution grounds and new assessment rules in the law instead widens the grounds for protection and makes reception more generous. The counter-proposal's requirement therefore conflicts with the plan's commitments.

• strictest possible immigration legislationdecisive»Utifrån dessa principer vill Sverigedemokraterna utforma den striktast möjliga utlänningslagstiftningen som är möjlig inom ramen för de europeiska asylreglerna.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Based on these principles, Sweden Democrats want to shape the strictest possible immigration legislation that is possible within the framework of European asylum rules.”
• asylum reception near zero»Det direkta asylmottagandet från länder som inte utgör vårt närområde ska minskas till nära noll.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Direct asylum reception from countries that do not constitute our neighbouring region should be reduced to near zero.”
• tightened asylum rules»Skärpa reglerna i utlänningslagen till striktas möjliga nivå enligt EU-rätten« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Tighten the rules in the immigration legislation to the strictest possible level according to EU law”
• tightened family immigration»Skärpa kraven för anhöriginvandring« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Tighten the requirements for family immigration”