Reintroduction of the track-change option

The plan wants asylum criteria to be solidary and to lead to fewer people ending up in the legal precariousness that unscrupulous companies can exploit, and sees Sweden as a country with good conditions to let more people build lives here. A reinstated job-change rule keeps people in regulated work instead of in lawlessness and thus follows the plan's direction. The election manifesto also states that security and permanence, not temporary conditions, are the way to a rooted existence.

• solidary asylum criteriadecisive»Kriterierna för asyl i Sverige ska vara solidariska och« (party programme ↗)“Asylum criteria in Sweden should be solidary and”
• more should be able to build lives here»Sverige är ett land med goda förutsättningar att låta fler människor« (party programme ↗)“Sweden is a country with good conditions to let more people”
• permanent residence»det är genom en trygg och permanent tillvaro i samhället som vi människor rotar oss.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“it is through a secure and permanent existence in society that we human beings root ourselves.”
• protect the right to asylum»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 be issued upon granted asylum.”

The plan's decisive commitment is that the tightened migration policy remains in place and that labour migration shall be limited and needs-driven. Reintroducing track-switching would open a path from rejected asylum application to work permit and thereby widen precisely the immigration the plan wants to hold back. The plan gives no support for a reintroduction, even though it does not mention track-switching.

• stram migrationspolitik ligger fastdecisive»Vi har stramat åt migrationspolitiken, och denna linje ligger fast.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We have tightened migration policy, and this line remains in place.”
• begränsad arbetskraftsinvandring»Arbetskraftsinvandringen ska begränsas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Labour migration shall be limited.”
• stram migrationspolitik»Långsiktigt hållbar svensk migrationspolitik som under överskådlig tid behöver vara« (party programme ↗)“Long-term sustainable Swedish migration policy that over a foreseeable period needs to be”
• behovsstyrd arbetskraftsinvandring»Arbetskraftsinvandring som är behovsstyrd och regleras av arbetsmarknadens parter.« (party programme ↗)“Labour migration that is needs-driven and regulated by the labour market parties.”

The plan establishes that Sweden shall be open to labour migration and that the skills and competences people bring with them shall be utilized. The election manifesto also wants to shorten processing times for work permits so that more people enter society faster. Reintroducing the visa switching provision, so that someone with employment can stay instead of being deported, is in line with that openness.

• openness to labour migrationdecisive»Sverige ska vara ett land som är öppet för arbetskraftsinvandring.« (party programme ↗)“Sweden shall be a country that is open to labour migration.”
• utilize competence»De förmågor och kompetenser som människor som kommer till vårt land har ska tas tillvara.« (party programme ↗)“The skills and competences that people who come to our country have shall be utilized.”
• faster work permits»korta handläggningstiderna för arbetstillstånd och asylbeslut så att det går fortare att komma in i samhället.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“shorten processing times for work permits and asylum decisions so that it is faster to enter society.”
• security to establish oneself»Inte heller ska människor tvingas leva i ständig osäkerhet kring om de kan leva och rota sig i Sverige.« (party programme ↗)“Neither should people be forced to live in constant uncertainty about whether they can live and establish themselves in Sweden.”

The plan wants to protect labour immigration and states that policy must not fail businesses that cannot manage without it, and that anyone granted residence should quickly be able to support themselves. Reintroducing the change of track holds on to labour that already has or is seeking work permits in care and construction and avoids people being torn out of self-support. The plan's basic position on openness and humane migration policy points in the same direction.

• protected labour immigrationdecisive»Värna arbetskraftsinvandringen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Protect labour immigration.”
• businesses' skills needs»Politiken får inte svika alla de företag som inte klarar sig utan arbetskraftsinvandring.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Policy must not fail all those businesses that cannot manage without labour immigration.”
• self-support quickly»Den som får uppehållstillstånd ska snabbt integreras och ges möjlighet att försörja sig själv.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Anyone granted residence should be rapidly integrated and given the opportunity to support themselves.”
• humane migration 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, free movement and a generous and humane refugee and immigration policy.”

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 to strengthen the possibility for third-country nationals who take responsibility for their own self-provision to immigrate, simplify the rules for residence permit for the one who stays here lawfully and get an end to skill-based deportations. Track-switching is exactly such a path from stay in Sweden to self-provision through work. The election manifesto's demand that the one without asylum grounds leaves the country pulls in the opposite direction, wherefore the support is uncertain.

• immigration for self-supportingdecisive»Möjligheten för tredjelandsmedborgare som tar ansvar för sin egen försörjning att invandra till EU och mellan EU-länder ska stärkas.« (party programme ↗)“The possibility for third-country nationals who take responsibility for their own self-provision to immigrate to the EU and between EU countries shall be strengthened.”
• simplified permit rules»Reglerna för ansökan om och förlängning av uppehållstillstånd för den som vistas här lagligt ska förenklas.« (party programme ↗)“Rules for application for and extension of residence permit for the one who stays here lawfully shall be simplified.”
• stop for skill-based deportations»Kompetensutvisningarna av högkvalificerad arbetskraft måste få ett slut.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Skill-based deportations of highly qualified labour must get an end.”
• asylum rights' integrity»Asylrätten ska värnas där den med asylskäl ska stanna och den utan skäl lämnar landet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Asylum rights shall be valued where the one with asylum grounds shall stay and the one without grounds leaves the country.”

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 makes strict migration policy an explicit commitment and the party programme wants to counter irregular migration. Reintroducing the track-change means that someone who has been denied their asylum application can still stay through a work permit, which loosens the strict line. The plan's protection against family separation pulls in the opposite direction but weighs lighter than the election manifesto's stated line.

• 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.”
• strict migration as election promise»EN STRAM MIGRATION« (2022 manifesto ↗)“A STRICT MIGRATION”
• counter irregular migration»Vi vill motverka irreguljär migration, motverka människosmuggling och ha ett« (party programme ↗)“We want to counter irregular migration, counter human smuggling and have a”
• avoid family separation»Migrationspolitiken får inte leda till att familjemedlemmar skiljs från varandra.« (party programme ↗)“Migration policy must not lead to family members being separated from each other.”

The counter-proposal wants to reinstate the possibility of switching tracks (from asylum to work permit). The election manifesto explicitly promises the opposite: the possibility for the one who received a rejection on their asylum application to instead get a work permit shall be abolished, and the one who received a no shall leave the country as soon as possible. This is part of the targeted and strict migration policy the plan is built on.

• abolished track switchingdecisive»Avskaffa möjligheten till spårbyte, det vill säga möjligheten för en person som fått avslag på sin asylansökan att i stället få ett arbetstillstånd« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Abolish the possibility to switch tracks, that is, the possibility for a person who received a rejection on their asylum application to instead receive a work permit”
• a no shall be a no»Av största vikt är att den som fått ett nej på asylansökan så fort som möjligt lämnar landet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Of greatest importance is that the one who receives a rejection on an asylum application leaves the country as soon as possible.”
• strict migration policy»En målstyrd, stram och hållbar migrationspolitik är en förutsättning för att integrationen ska fungera.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“A targeted, strict and sustainable migration policy is a prerequisite for integration to work.”
• reduced asylum reception»Införa ett volymmål för asylmottagandet på nordiska nivåer« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Introduce a volume target for asylum reception at Nordic levels”

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The plan requires that thresholds for detention, expulsion and enforcement of expulsions are lowered and that the Aliens Act is tightened to the strictest possible level. It particularly points out that many who have been rejected have nonetheless stayed and contributed to the shadow economy. Reinstating track switching would give precisely this group a way to stay, which goes directly against the plan's migration line.

• more enforced expulsionsdecisive»Trösklarna för att ta i förvar och utvisa personer samt verkställa utvisningar behöver också sänkas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The thresholds for detaining and expelling persons and enforcing expulsions also need to be lowered.”
• rejections must lead to return»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 been rejected in their asylum applications but nonetheless chosen to stay, been able to benefit from welfare and contributed to the emergence of the so-called shadow economy.”
• combat the shadow economy»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 expulsions”
• strictest possible Aliens Act»Skärpa reglerna i utlänningslagen till striktas möjliga nivå enligt EU-rätten« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Tighten the rules in the Aliens Act to the strictest possible level according to EU law”