2026-04-222025/26:SfU22 · p.4SfUMigration & social insurance
Follow-up
Independent follow-up of the new enforcement-obstacle regime from a child-rights perspective
What's at stake: The new rules make it possible to postpone enforcement of removal decisions instead of granting a temporary residence permit; the question is whether a dedicated review of how this affects children in practice is needed, or whether such a review can be considered unnecessary as long as the child's best interests are mentioned in the preparatory works.
Case texts and AI reasoning are AI-translated from the Swedish originals; the Swedish text is authoritative.
What the vote decides
The question is whether an independent follow-up of the legislative changes on suspending enforcement should be carried out from a child-rights perspective, or whether it is enough for the child's best interests to be considered in application without a dedicated follow-up.
Yes Yes — the committee proposal
The committee rejects the motion for an independent follow-up review of the legislative changes from a child-rights perspective.
No No — the reservations
Reservation 4 (C)
The reservation considers that the government's proposal can make return enforcement more effective, but that the measures must be proportionate, especially where children are affected; it is not enough for the preparatory works to state that the child's best interests should be considered case by case - this must be ensured in practice. The reservation therefore wants an independent follow-up of the legislative changes from the perspective of the child's best interests and the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Summarised from the committee report. Party labels in the summary come from the report, not from the vote.
What do the votes mean here?
Yes The committee proposal: rejecting the motions (keeping things as they are).
No Backing the counter-proposal: reservation 4 by C.
Abstain The party marks a position of its own that is not one of the two final alternatives.
The decision would have held
Explicit commitments that contradicted the vote: LLiberalerna
Ja 265–19Ja 254–30
Counterfactual: the parties above are moved to the position their own documents explicitly point at, carrying their whole contingent present. Every other party keeps its real figures, including dissenters and absentees.
How the AI parties would have voted
For each party: what its own plan – election manifesto and party programme – argues for in this case, next to how the party actually voted. The AI can only answer Yes or No; a party can also abstain.
| AI | Vote | Confidence | Evidence | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V | No | Yes 16/0/0/6 | differs | confidence: medium | derived |
| S | No | Yes 90/0/0/16 | differs | confidence: low | not addressed |
| MP | No | Yes 12/0/1/5 | differs | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| C | No | No 1/19/0/4 | match | confidence: medium | derived |
| L | No | Yes 11/0/0/5 | differsagainst own programme | confidence: high | explicit |
| KD | No | Yes 14/0/0/5 | differs | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| M | Yes | Yes 55/0/0/11 | match | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| SD | Yes | Yes 60/0/0/10 | match | confidence: medium | not addressed |
Broke with the party line
| MPLeila Ali Elmi (MP, Göteborgs kommun) | Abstain — party line: Yes |
| CHelena Lindahl (C, Västerbottens län) | Yes — party line: No |
MPs whose vote differs from their party's majority position in this division. Marked with a dark ring in the chamber view.
Committee proposal
The Riksdag rejects the motion 2025/26:3925 by Niels Paarup-Petersen et al. (C).
Original (Swedish)
Riksdagen avslår motion 2025/26:3925 av Niels Paarup-Petersen m.fl. (C).
Riksdag decision: The Riksdag said yes to the government's proposal on a new procedure in case of temporary obstacles to execution. A foreigner residing in Sweden who for various reasons does not have the right to remain in the country may be issued a decision on refusal of entry or expulsion. There may, however, be obstacles to execution, which means that a decision on refusal of entry or expulsion cannot be carried out. The obstacle may be that the person risks being punished with death, subjected to torture, or other inhumane or degrading treatment. Today, temporary residence permits are often granted in case of temporary obstacles to refusal of entry or expulsion. The decision means that the expulsion or refusal of entry is postponed instead of the person being granted a time-limited residence permit. The foreigner may also be required to report to the Migration Agency or the Police Authority and at the same time be prohibited from leaving a residential area. The purpose of the new rules is to create conditions for more efficient work on returning people. Furthermore, the rules are to strengthen the state's ability to handle people who pose a threat to Sweden and who for a certain time cannot leave the country. The new rules enter into force on 1 June 2026.
Counter-proposals
- The counter-proposal wants the legislative changes to be independently followed up from the perspective of the best interests of the child and the Convention on the Rights of the Child. (C) — Reservation 4
Plan vs actual vote
Every party, in chamber order: what its own plan pointed to, how it voted, and the reasoning behind both. Highlighted rows are where the two differ — but a vote that follows the plan is a result too, so the reasoning is there for every party.
The plan requires that legal certainty is upheld through, among other things, public transparency and independent scrutiny, which is exactly what independent monitoring means.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan requires that legal certainty is upheld through, among other things, public transparency and independent scrutiny, which is exactly what independent monitoring means. It also requires that those seeking asylum receive legally secure assessment under dignified conditions and that the best interests of the child are decisive in all cases. The plan also describes the current restrictive refugee policy as an abuse of an already vulnerable group.
Original (Swedish)
Planen kräver att rättssäkerheten upprätthålls genom bland annat medborgerlig insyn och oberoende granskning, vilket är precis vad en oberoende uppföljning innebär. Den kräver också att den som söker asyl får en rättssäker prövning under värdiga omständigheter och att barnets bästa är styrande i varje läge. Planen beskriver dessutom den rådande restriktiva flyktingpolitiken som ett övergrepp mot en redan utsatt grupp.
- independent scrutinydecisive»Rättssäkerheten behöver upprätthållas genom rättshjälp, medborgerlig insyn och oberoende granskning.« (party programme ↗)“Legal certainty needs to be upheld through legal aid, public transparency and independent scrutiny.”
- best interests of the child»principen att i varje läge se till barnets bästa« (party programme ↗)“the principle of ensuring the best interests of the child in all cases”
- legally secure asylum assessment»Här ska den som söker asyl garanteras sin rätt till en individuell och rättssäker prövning under värdiga omständigheter.« (party programme ↗)“Here those seeking asylum shall be guaranteed their right to an individual and legally secure assessment under dignified conditions.”
- criticism of inhumane refugee policy»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.”
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 stands guard for the principles of the rule of law and the protection of civil liberties and rights, which argues for that intrusive enforcement rules are followed up and tested for proportionality when children are affected.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan stands guard for the principles of the rule of law and the protection of civil liberties and rights, which argues for that intrusive enforcement rules are followed up and tested for proportionality when children are affected. That children's rights shall be central is also an explicit commitment in the election manifesto. However, the plan says nothing about monitoring of precisely these legislative changes, so the support is derived.
Original (Swedish)
Planen slår vakt om rättsstatens principer och om skyddet för medborgerliga fri- och rättigheter, vilket talar för att ingripande verkställighetsregler följs upp och prövas mot proportionalitet när barn berörs. Att barns rättigheter ska stå i centrum är också ett uttalat åtagande i valmanifestet. Planen säger dock inget om uppföljning av just dessa lagändringar, så stödet är härlett.
- rule-of-law principlesdecisive»Slå vakt om rättsstatens principer.« (party programme ↗)“Stand guard for the principles of the rule of law.”
- civil liberties and rights»Skydd för medborgerliga fri- och rättigheter.« (party programme ↗)“Protection for civil liberties and rights.”
- children's rights central»Fattiga människors perspektiv och kvinnor och barns rättigheter ska vara i centrum.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Poor people's perspective and women and children's rights shall be central.”
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 requires that the child perspective permeate migration laws and that legal certainty in the asylum process be strengthened, and the party programme makes the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the child's best interest decisive in decisions concerning children.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The election manifesto requires that the child perspective permeate migration laws and that legal certainty in the asylum process be strengthened, and the party programme makes the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the child's best interest decisive in decisions concerning children. An independent follow-up of the enforcement regulations based on the child's best interest is one way to secure precisely this in practice.
Original (Swedish)
Valmanifestet kräver att barnperspektivet genomsyrar migrationslagarna och att rättssäkerheten i asylprocessen stärks, och partiprogrammet gör barnkonventionen och barnets bästa avgörande vid beslut som rör barn. En oberoende uppföljning av verkställighetsreglerna utifrån barnets bästa är ett sätt att säkra just detta i praktiken.
- child perspective in migration lawsdecisive»Barnperspektivet ska genomsyra migrationslagarna« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The child perspective shall permeate migration laws”
- the child's best interest decisive»Barnkonventionen är svensk lag och barnets bästa« (party programme ↗)“The Convention on the Rights of the Child is Swedish law and the child's best interest”
- legally certain asylum process»stärka rättssäkerheten i asylprocessen« (2022 manifesto ↗)“strengthen legal certainty in the asylum process”
- careful legal certainty review»prövas noggrant utifrån rättssäkerhet och grundläggande fri- och rättigheter.« (party programme ↗)“be carefully tested for legal certainty and fundamental freedoms and rights.”
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 requires that all legislation be tested against its impact on the individual and that there be proportionality between restrictions and purpose, while children's rights and perspective are of the greatest importance.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The party programme requires that all legislation be tested against its impact on the individual and that there be proportionality between restrictions and purpose, while children's rights and perspective are of the greatest importance. Independent monitoring of the placement rules based on the best interests of the child is an application of these commitments, as is the requirement that everyone shall be able to have their case reviewed.
Original (Swedish)
Partiprogrammet kräver att all lagstiftning prövas mot sin påverkan på den enskilde och att det finns proportionalitet mellan inskränkning och syfte, samtidigt som barnens rättigheter och perspektiv är av största betydelse. En oberoende uppföljning av verkställighetsreglerna utifrån barnets bästa är en tillämpning av dessa åtaganden, liksom kravet att alla ska kunna få sin sak prövad.
- proportionality testing of legislationweak support»All lagstiftning bör prövas mot dess påverkan på människors personliga integritet. Det måste finnas en proportionalitet mellan lagstiftningens inskränkning av medborgarnas integritet och lagarnas syfte.« (party programme ↗)“All legislation should be tested against its impact on people's personal privacy. There must be proportionality between the legislation's restriction of citizens' privacy and the legislation's purpose.”
- the best interests of the childdecisive»Samhällets aktörer ska inta individens perspektiv. Av största betydelse är då barnens rättigheter och perspektiv.« (party programme ↗)“Society's actors shall take the individual's perspective. Of greatest importance are then children's rights and perspective.”
- legally secure review»Alla som bor i Sverige ska kunna få sin sak prövad.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Everyone living in Sweden shall be able to have their case reviewed.”
flags: citat_svagt
The plan explicitly requires that deportations and expulsions from Sweden be evaluated and quality-checked, and that special consideration be given to children.
Plan documents: party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan explicitly requires that deportations and expulsions from Sweden be evaluated and quality-checked, and that special consideration be given to children. Independent follow-up of enforcement rules based on the child's best interest and the Children's Convention is precisely such quality review. The plan also highlights the Children's Convention's status as Swedish law and that no one shall be subjected to degrading treatment during enforcement.
Original (Swedish)
Planen kräver uttryckligen att avvisningar och utvisningar från Sverige ska utvärderas och kvalitetsgranskas, och att särskild hänsyn ska tas till barn. En oberoende uppföljning av verkställighetsreglerna utifrån barnets bästa och barnkonventionen är just en sådan kvalitetsgranskning. Planen lyfter också barnkonventionens ställning som svensk lag och att ingen ska utsättas för förnedrande behandling vid verkställighet.
- evaluation of expulsionsdecisive»Avvisningar och utvisningar från Sverige ska utvärderas och kvalitetsgranskas.« (party programme ↗)“Deportations and expulsions from Sweden shall be evaluated and quality-checked.”
- children's rights in asylum process»Särskild hänsyn ska tas till barns egna asylskäl, och ensamkommande barn ska särskilt värnas.« (party programme ↗)“Special consideration shall be given to children's own asylum grounds, and unaccompanied children shall be particularly valued.”
- Children's Convention as law»Genom att FN:s barnkonvention införlivats i svensk lag« (party programme ↗)“By incorporating the UN Children's Convention into Swedish law”
- humane enforcement»utsättas för skadlig eller förnedrande behandling under avvisning eller utvisning.« (party programme ↗)“subjected to harmful or degrading treatment during deportation or expulsion.”
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 requires that the child perspective is always present in migration matters and that the entire asylum process is designed so that legal certainty is guaranteed to the individual.
Plan documents: party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan requires that the child perspective is always present in migration matters and that the entire asylum process is designed so that legal certainty is guaranteed to the individual. An independent follow-up of the enforcement rules based on the best interests of the child is an application of these commitments. The plan also establishes that decisions leading to family separation shall not be enforced except in exceptional circumstances.
Original (Swedish)
Planen kräver att barnperspektivet alltid finns med i migrationsärenden och att hela asylprocessen utformas så att rättssäkerhet garanteras den enskilde. En oberoende uppföljning av verkställighetsreglerna utifrån barnets bästa är en tillämpning av dessa åtaganden. Planen slår också fast att beslut som leder till familjesplittring inte ska verkställas utom vid synnerliga skäl.
- child perspective in migration mattersdecisive»Barnperspektivet ska alltid finnas med i migrationsärenden.« (party programme ↗)“The child perspective shall always be present in migration matters.”
- legally secure asylum process»För den som söker asyl i Sverige måste hela processen vara utformad så att rättssäkerhet« (party programme ↗)“For the person seeking asylum in Sweden the entire process must be designed so that legal certainty”
- avoid family separation»Migrationspolitiken får inte leda till att familjemedlemmar skiljs från varandra.« (party programme ↗)“Migration policy must not result in family members being separated from each other.”
- the child convention»barnkonvention stadgar att barnets bästa ska komma i främsta rummet.« (party programme ↗)“the child convention establishes that the best interests of the child shall be paramount.”
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's core commitment in this area is that those who are denied asylum must leave the country as soon as possible and that asylum legislation shall be at the EU law minimum level.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan's core commitment in this area is that those who are denied asylum must leave the country as soon as possible and that asylum legislation shall be at the EU law minimum level. A special independent follow-up from a child rights perspective is an additional review stage that the plan does not promise and which risks slowing return efforts. The plan instead sees the growing shadow society as what harms children most.
Original (Swedish)
Planens bärande åtagande på området är att den som fått avslag så fort som möjligt ska lämna landet och att asyllagstiftningen ska ligga på EU-rättens miniminivå. En särskild oberoende uppföljning ur barnrättsperspektiv är ett extra prövningsled som planen inte lovar och som riskerar att bromsa återvändandearbetet. Planen ser tvärtom det växande skuggsamhället som det som drabbar barn hårdast.
- effective returndecisive»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 those who have been denied asylum leave the country as soon as possible.”
- minimum level under EU law»Anpassa asyllagstiftningen efter den rättsliga miniminivån enligt EU-rätten« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Adapt asylum legislation to the legal minimum level under EU law”
- counteract 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 deprivation, illegal work and crime - where children especially suffer greatly.”
- more implemented deportations»Kraftigt öka antalet utvisningar genom fler EU-gemensamma återtagandeavtal« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Significantly increase the number of deportations through more EU joint return agreements”
flags: citat_migrerat
The plan's overriding commitment is that the thresholds for detention, deportation and enforcement of deportations should be lowered and that the alien law should be tightened to the strictest possible level.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan's overriding commitment is that the thresholds for detention, deportation and enforcement of deportations should be lowered and that the alien law should be tightened to the strictest possible level. The counter-proposal's demand for independent follow-up from a children's rights perspective aims to condition and brake precisely the streamlined enforcement. The plan goes in the opposite direction and wants to see more controls and more deportations.
Original (Swedish)
Planens bärande åtagande är att trösklarna för att ta i förvar, utvisa och verkställa utvisningar ska sänkas och att utlänningslagen ska skärpas till striktast möjliga nivå. Motförslagets krav på en oberoende uppföljning ur barnrättsperspektiv syftar till att villkora och bromsa just den effektiviserade verkställigheten. Planen går i motsatt riktning och vill se fler kontroller och fler utvisningar.
- lower thresholds for deportationdecisive»Trösklarna för att ta i förvar och utvisa personer samt verkställa utvisningar behöver också sänkas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The thresholds for detention, deportation and enforcement of deportations also need to be lowered.”
- strictest possible alien law»Skärpa reglerna i utlänningslagen till striktas möjliga nivå enligt EU-rätten« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Tighten the rules in the alien law to the strictest possible level according to EU law”
- more deportations»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”
- connection does not prevent deportation»När det kommer till sådana utvisningar bör ingen hänsyn tas till personens anknytning i Sverige.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“When it comes to such deportations, no consideration should be taken to the person's connection in Sweden.”
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Sources and documents
- The committee report on riksdagen.se (2025/26:SfU22)
- Committee report full text (HD01SfU22)
- Per-MP voting data (API)
- Case status (API)
Documents under consideration
- Motion 2025/26:3925 — med anledning av prop. 2025/26:145 Inhibition av verkställigheten - en ny ordning för vissa utlänningar vid tillfälliga verkställighetshinder av Niels Paarup-Petersen m.fl. (C)
- Motion 2025/26:3928 — med anledning av prop. 2025/26:145 Inhibition av verkställigheten - en ny ordning för vissa utlänningar vid tillfälliga verkställighetshinder av Tony Haddou m.fl. (V)
- Motion 2025/26:3930 — med anledning av prop. 2025/26:145 Inhibition av verkställigheten - en ny ordning för vissa utlänningar vid tillfälliga verkställighetshinder av Annika Hirvonen m.fl. (MP)
- Proposition 2025/26:145 — Inhibition av verkställigheten - en ny ordning för vissa utlänningar vid tillfälliga verkställighetshinder
Source: The Swedish Parliament