Age limits for fingerprints

The plan places the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the principle of the best interests of the child at the centre and establishes that all people have the right to protection of their personal integrity. Taking fingerprints from six-year-olds is an integrity violation directed at children that the plan does not support, and the asylum process should according to the plan be individual, legally secure and dignified. The counter-proposal's demand to maintain a higher age limit therefore aligns with the plan.

• best interests of the childdecisive»Vi vill fortsätta arbetet med att förverkliga barnkonventionen och principen att i varje läge se till barnets bästa.« (party programme ↗)“We want to continue the work to realise the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the principle of in every situation seeing to the best interests of the child.”
• protection of personal integrity»Alla människor har rätt till skydd av sin personliga integritet.« (party programme ↗)“All people have the right to protection of their personal integrity.”
• dignified and legally secure asylum examination»Här ska den som söker asyl garanteras sin rätt till en individuell och rättssäker prövning under värdiga omständigheter.« (party programme ↗)“Here the person seeking asylum shall be guaranteed their right to an individual and legally secure examination under dignified circumstances.”

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The election manifesto's binding line is a tightened migration policy with increased state control in reception, and the party programme requires order and clarity in refugee reception. A lowered age limit for fingerprints is a control tool in that direction and is also supported by the plan's commitment to forcefully combat violence and exploitation of children. Protection of personal integrity speaks against it, but does not weigh more heavily. The counter-proposal's requirement to maintain a higher age limit is therefore rejected.

• tightened migration policy is fixeddecisive»Vi har stramat åt migrationspolitiken, och denna linje ligger fast.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We have tightened migration policy, and this line is fixed.”
• state control in reception»Ordning och reda i flyktingmottagandet, genom ökad statlig kontroll, styrning och« (party programme ↗)“Order and clarity in refugee reception, through increased state control, governance and”
• protection of children against abuse»Kraftfullt bekämpande av våld mot barn och stöd till barn som bevittnar våld.« (party programme ↗)“Forceful combat of violence against children and support for children who witness violence.”
• protection of personal integrity»Skydd för den personliga integriteten.« (party programme ↗)“Protection of personal integrity.”

The plan establishes that the perspective of the child shall permeate migration laws and that people's right to privacy shall be protected against state actors. Lowering the age limit for fingerprinting to six years means expanded biometric registration of small children beyond what EU regulation requires, which conflicts with these commitments. The plan does not directly address age limits for fingerprinting, but the position of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the requirement for legal certainty in the asylum process suggest that a higher limit should be retained. The counter-proposal's demands are therefore supported.

• child perspective in migration lawsdecisive»Barnperspektivet ska genomsyra migrationslagarna« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The perspective of the child shall permeate migration laws”
• protect the right to privacy»Vi vill värna människors rätt till integritet« (party programme ↗)“We want to protect people's right to privacy”
• Convention on the Rights of the Child as Swedish law»barnkonvention ska bli svensk lag« (party programme ↗)“Convention on the Rights of the Child shall become Swedish law”
• legal certainty in asylum process»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 requires that all legislation be tested against its impact on personal integrity and that restrictions are proportionate to their purpose. To lower the age limit for fingerprints to six years is an integrity restriction aimed at children, and according to the counter-proposal it does not follow from the EU regulation. The plan's integrity and children's rights principles, together with its reluctance to go further than what the EU level requires, therefore support the requirement for a higher age limit.

• integrity testing of all legislationweak support»All lagstiftning bör prövas mot dess påverkan på människors personliga integritet.« (party programme ↗)“All legislation should be tested against its impact on people's personal integrity.”
• personal integrity as cornerstonedecisive»Respekten för den enskildes personliga integritet är en grundsten i varje demokrati.« (party programme ↗)“Respect for the individual's personal integrity is a cornerstone of every democracy.”
• children's rights protected»Särskilt viktigt är att värna varje barns rätt att bli respekterad och att bli sedd för den man är.« (party programme ↗)“It is particularly important to protect every child's right to be respected and to be seen for who they are.”
• restrained EU regulation»EU måste bli smalare, men vassare, göra färre saker men göra dem bättre.« (party programme ↗)“The EU must become narrower, but sharper, do fewer things but do them better.”

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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 plan wants an effective and rule-of-law external border protection and holds that the EU should ultimately take over control of the union's external borders entirely, which argues for unified and effective registration. It also raises the status of the children's convention as Swedish law, which is the reason given for lowering the age limit in the protection of children's rights. The counter-proposal's requirement for a maintained higher age limit thus lacks support in the plan, even though the plan's privacy principle pulls in the other direction.

• stronger external border protectiondecisive»För att stärka det yttre gränsskyddet och rättssäkerheten behöver EU på sikt helt ta över ansvaret för kontrollen av unionens yttre gränser.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“To strengthen external border protection and rule of law, the EU should ultimately take complete control of the union's external borders.”
• effective border control»gränspassager inom Schengen förutsätter att EU har en yttre gränskontroll som är effektiv,« (party programme ↗)“border crossings within Schengen presuppose that the EU has an external border control that is effective,”
• children's convention as law»Genom att FN:s barnkonvention införlivats i svensk lag tydliggörs« (party programme ↗)“By incorporating the UN Children's Convention into Swedish law it becomes clear”
• strengthened privacy protection»Skyddet för den enskildes integritet ska stärkas.« (party programme ↗)“Protection of the individual's privacy shall be strengthened.”

The plan says the child perspective and child's best shall guide and that the public must exercise great caution and respect for personal integrity when handling personal data. Going further than the EU regulation requires and registering fingerprints on six-year-olds is such an integrity intrusion that the plan urges caution over. The requirement for strict migration policy concerns volumes and rules, not biometric age limits, and therefore does not outweigh.

• the child's best firstdecisive»FN:s barnkonvention stadgar att barnets bästa ska komma i främsta rummet.« (party programme ↗)“UN Convention on the Rights of the Child states that the child's best shall come first.”
• caution with personal data»det offentliga måste tillämpa stor försiktighet och respekt för den personliga integriteten vid hantering av personuppgifter.« (party programme ↗)“the public must exercise great caution and respect for personal integrity when handling personal data.”
• rule-of-law-safe asylum process»För den som söker asyl i Sverige måste hela processen vara utformad så att rättssäkerhet garanteras den enskilde.« (party programme ↗)“For those seeking asylum in Sweden, the entire process must be designed so that rule of law is guaranteed the individual.”
• 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 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 plan is based on control over borders and identities and warns against a growing shadow society where especially children are hard hit; it also wants to strengthen control at the EU's outer border. A lowered age limit for fingerprints strengthens just that identity control, while the counter-proposal wants to keep a higher limit. The plan's main rule about EU law being implemented at minimum level pulls in the other direction, but weighs less than migration control.

• counter shadow societydecisive»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 criminality - where especially children are hard hit.”
• control at outer border»Stärka EU:s gräns- och kustbevakning, Frontex, för att förbättra kontrollen över EU:s yttre gräns« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strengthen the EU's border and coast guard, Frontex, to improve control over the EU's outer border”
• established identity»Ett viktigt första steg är att fastställa vilka som lever i Sverige och att stoppa fusket med tillfälliga personnummer – samordningsnummer.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“An important first step is to establish who lives in Sweden and to stop fraud with temporary personal numbers – coordination numbers.”
• EU law minimum level»Anpassa asyllagstiftningen efter den rättsliga miniminivån enligt EU-rätten« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Adapt asylum legislation according to the legal minimum level according to EU law”

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The plan's migration line is more controls against the shadow society and the strictest possible immigration legislation within the framework of EU law. A lowered age limit for fingerprinting is such a tightened control, while the counter-proposal wants to keep a higher limit and warns against over-implementation. The plan also supports tightened measures against child marriage and exploitation of children, which points to more identification and not less.

• more controlsdecisive»Bekämpa skuggsamhället och illegal migration med fler kontroller och fler utvisningar« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Combat the shadow society and illegal migration with more controls and more deportations”
• strictest immigration law»Skärpa reglerna i utlänningslagen till striktas möjliga nivå enligt EU-rätten« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Tighten the rules in the Immigration Act to the strictest possible level under EU law”
• lowered thresholds for deportation»Trösklarna för att ta i förvar och utvisa personer samt verkställa utvisningar behöver också sänkas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The thresholds for detaining and deporting persons and enforcing deportations also need to be lowered.”
• protection of children»Skärpa reglerna om tvångsgifte, månggifte och barngifte« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Tighten the rules on forced marriage, polygamy and child marriage”