More Effective Tools for Internal Alien Control

The plan establishes that everyone has the right to a broad private sphere and that growing surveillance and registration shall be countered, and it describes how institutional processes produce racialized discrimination. To refrain from additional surveillance powers at internal immigration control, with reference to privacy, risk of ethnic profiling and lack of children's rights analysis, follows directly from these commitments. The plan also addresses the committee's reasons that the powers do not risk being applied in a discriminatory way.

• protection of privacyweak support»Alla människor har rätt till en bred privat sfär« (party programme ↗)“All people have the right to a broad private sphere”
• institutional racismdecisive»institutionella processer som producerar olika former av rasifierad« (party programme ↗)“institutional processes that produce various forms of racialized”
• best interests of children first»Vänsterpartiets politik ska utformas så att barnens bästa kommer i första rummet.« (party programme ↗)“The Left Party's policy shall be shaped so that the best interests of children come first.”
• counter racialized control»Många unga, särskilt med utländsk bakgrund, som bor i fattiga områden, utsätts även för rasism och övervåld från polisen« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Many young people, especially those with a foreign background, who live in poor areas, are also subjected to racism and excessive force from the police”

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The plan wants to give the police more tools, strengthen border control and stand by a restrictive migration policy. The counter-proposal wants instead that no further control powers are introduced, which contradicts these commitments. The party programme's anti-racism and privacy protection imply requirements that the powers are not applied discriminatively, but do not justify their absence.

• strengthened border controldecisive»Vi vill ta krafttag mot införsel av vapen och narkotika, bland annat genom stärkt gränskontroll.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to take action against smuggling of weapons and drugs, among other things by strengthening border control.”
• more tools for the police»Polisen behöver också fler verktyg, som bättre möjligheter till avlyssning och husrannsakan.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The police also need more tools, such as better opportunities for wiretapping and house searches.”
• firm restrictive migration policy»Vi har stramat åt migrationspolitiken, och denna linje ligger fast.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We have tightened migration policy, and this line stands firm.”
• anti-racism as a counterweight»Socialdemokraterna är ett antirasistiskt parti« (party programme ↗)“Social Democrats are an anti-racist party”

The party programme opposes all laws that involve disproportionate intrusions on integrity and requires that discrimination on grounds of ethnicity, name or accent be countered. Expanded powers for internal alien control is precisely such an integrity restriction with risk of ethnic profiling, and the plan also requires child impact assessments of political decisions. The counter-proposal's requirement that no further control powers be introduced is therefore supported.

• against disproportionate integrity intrusionsdecisive»alla lagar som innebär oproportionerliga ingrepp i« (party programme ↗)“all laws that involve disproportionate intrusions on”
• counter ethnic discrimination»Människor diskrimineras på grund av sin etnicitet,« (party programme ↗)“People are discriminated against on the basis of their ethnicity,”
• child impact assessment»beslut bör föregås av en barnkonsekvensanalys.« (party programme ↗)“decisions should be preceded by a child impact assessment.”
• legal certainty for migrants»stärka rättssäkerheten i asylprocessen och stödet för hbtqi-flyktingar och andra sårbara grupper.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“strengthen legal certainty in the asylum process and support for LGBTQI refugees and other vulnerable groups.”

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The plan explicitly says no to stop-and-search zones and collective punishment and states that the individual's rights towards the state must be defended, which carries rejection of expanded powers of control in internal border control. The plan moreover requires that all legislation be reviewed against its impact on personal integrity and that discrimination in all forms be counteracted, which affects the risk of ethnic profiling. The plan therefore supports the counter-proposal's requirement in substance.

• nej till kollektiva tvångsåtgärderdecisive»Rättsstaten och individens rättigheter gentemot staten måste försvaras. Vi säger därför nej till visitationszoner, kollektiv bestraffning, omvänd bevisbörda, anonyma vittnen, preventiv avlyssning och inskränkningar av religionsfriheten.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The state governed by law and the individual's rights towards the state must be defended. We therefore say no to stop-and-search zones, collective punishment, reversed burden of proof, anonymous witnesses, preventive wiretapping and restrictions on religious freedom.”
• integritetsprövning av lagarweak support»All lagstiftning bör prövas mot dess påverkan på människors personliga integritet.« (party programme ↗)“All legislation should be reviewed against its impact on people's personal integrity.”
• motverka etnisk profilering»Diskriminering, strukturell rasism och intolerans, i alla dess former, ska motverkas.« (party programme ↗)“Discrimination, structural racism and intolerance, in all its forms, shall be counteracted.”
• barnrättsperspektiv»Av största betydelse är då barnens rättigheter och perspektiv.« (party programme ↗)“Of greatest importance then are children's rights and perspective.”

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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's binding commitment is that those without asylum grounds shall leave the country and that more awaiting return and removal shall be held in custody, which presupposes that identities can be clarified. The counter-proposal's demand that no further control powers whatsoever be introduced therefore stands in conflict with the plan. The plan's integrity principle is conditional, not a prohibition: measures may be taken when an opposing interest weighs heavier, while discrimination shall be combated with force.

• enforced return obligationsdecisive»Asylrätten ska värnas där den med asylskäl ska stanna och den utan skäl lämnar landet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Asylum rights shall be cherished where those with asylum grounds shall stay and those without grounds leave the country.”
• more in custody»Fler som väntar på både utvisning och avvisning ska hållas i förvar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“More awaiting both removal and refusal shall be held in custody.”
• strengthened integrity protection»Skyddet för den enskildes integritet ska stärkas.« (party programme ↗)“Protection for the individual's integrity shall be strengthened.”
• protection against discrimination»Därför ska staten med kraft bekämpa all slags rasism, diskriminering och intolerans.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Therefore the state shall with force combat all kinds of racism, discrimination and intolerance.”

The election manifesto's demands for strict migration policy and information sharing between authorities speak for more effective tools for internal alien control, not for refraining from them. The plan at the same time requires care with personal data, legal certainty in the migration process and that no one is treated differently, which sets requirements on how the powers are used but does not prevent them from being introduced.

• 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.”
• effective authority tools»Total översyn av sekretessreglerna, så att myndigheter kan dela uppgifter mellan sig för att förebygga och klara upp brott.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Complete review of secrecy regulations, so that authorities can share information with each other to prevent and clear up crime.”
• care for integrity»försiktighet och respekt för den personliga integriteten« (party programme ↗)“caution and respect for personal integrity”
• legal certainty in the process»åstadkomma korta handläggningstider, rättssäkerhet« (party programme ↗)“achieve short handling times, legal certainty”

The plan explicitly says it is of utmost importance that the person who has received a no on their asylum application leaves the country, and warns of a growing shadow society where especially children suffer severely. Refraining from more effective identity control tools in internal alien control undermines this commitment. The plan drives national census and tightened control of coordination numbers, that is, stronger rather than weaker identity control.

• rejections must be enforceddecisive»Av största vikt är att den som fått ett nej på asylansökan så fort som möjligt lämnar landet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Of utmost importance is that the person who has received a no on their asylum application leaves the country as soon as possible.”
• prevent the shadow society»Vi riskerar annars ett växande skuggsamhälle, med social utsatthet, illegalt arbete och brottslighet – där särskilt barn drabbas hårt.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We risk otherwise a growing shadow society, with social vulnerability, illegal work and crime – where especially children suffer severely.”
• control over population register»Genomföra en nationell folkräkning för att stoppa bidragsbrotten« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Carry out a national census to stop welfare fraud”
• tightened identity control»Kräva personlig inställelse för att bekräfta samordningsnummer, annars ska det återkallas« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Require personal attendance to confirm coordination number, otherwise it should be revoked”

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The election manifesto explicitly demands that the shadow economy and illegal migration be combated with more controls and more deportations and that thresholds for detention and enforcement be lowered. The counter-proposal wants conversely to introduce no additional control powers, citing integrity and risk of profiling. The plan's commitment thus speaks against the counter-proposal's demand.

• more internal controlsdecisive»Bekämpa skuggsamhället och illegal migration med fler kontroller och fler utvisningar« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Combat the shadow economy and illegal migration with more controls and more deportations”
• lower thresholds for detention»Trösklarna för att ta i förvar och utvisa personer samt verkställa utvisningar behöver också sänkas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Thresholds for taking into detention and deporting persons as well as enforcing deportations also need to be lowered.”
• the shadow economy must go»Många har dessutom fått avslag på sin asylansökan men ändå valt att stannat, kunnat ta del av välfärden och bidragit till framväxten av det så kallade skuggsamhället.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Many have also received rejection of their asylum application but still chosen to stay, been able to take part in welfare, and contributed to the emergence of the so-called shadow economy.”
• authority to the police»Ge polisen förutsättningarna för att bekämpa brottslighet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Give the police the prerequisites for combating crime”