2026-06-092025/26:SfU30 · p.2SfUMigration & social insurance
Alternatives to permanent residence permits
An 'establishment permit' as an alternative to permanent residence permits
What's at stake: The decision affects how secure and predictable residence in Sweden becomes for those in need of protection, which in turn can affect incentives to learn the language, get an education and establish themselves in the labor market, as well as what the path to Swedish citizenship looks like for this group.
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 permanent residence permits for those in need of protection and other asylum-related grounds should be phased out entirely in favor of time-limited permits, as the government proposes, or whether a new, longer time-limited 'establishment permit' - requiring language skills, civic knowledge and self-support as a path to citizenship - should be introduced instead.
Yes Yes — the committee proposal
The committee backs the government's bill to phase out permanent residence permits for those in need of protection and other asylum-related grounds, as part of the effort to reduce asylum-related immigration to sustainable levels and align the regulatory framework with the EU's minimum legal level. The committee notes, among other things, that the Miniminivå Inquiry found no reliable support for the claim that newcomers' establishment worsened under previous time-limited permits, and is therefore not prepared to back a proposal for a different and longer form of residence permit. The committee therefore rejects the motions calling for a special establishment permit.
No No — the reservations
Reservation 2 (S)
The reservation (S) considers the government's proposal to be carelessly designed and to risk creating an insecure and inefficient system, especially in light of the tightened citizenship requirements. When people do not know whether they will be allowed to stay, incentives to learn the language, get an education or establish themselves in the labor market diminish, which risks worsening integration and increasing the caseload at the Migration Agency. The reservation instead calls for an 'establishment permit': a longer time-limited residence permit for those who meet requirements on language skills, civic knowledge, self-support and good conduct, valid until the person can be granted citizenship, with exemptions from the requirements for groups that lack realistic possibilities of meeting them.
Summarised from the committee report. Party labels in the summary come from the report, not from the vote.
V–
S–
MP–
C–
L–
KD–
M–
SD–
YesNoAbstainAbsent
What do the votes mean here?
Yes The committee proposal: rejecting the motions (keeping things as they are).
No Backing the counter-proposal: reservation 2 by S.
Abstain The party marks a position of its own that is not one of the two final alternatives.
The plan's stance / Actual vote
AI
Vote
Confidence
Evidence
V
–
Abstain 0/0/20/1
Sown reservation
–
No 0/106/0/0
MP
–
Yes 18/0/0/0
C
–
Abstain 0/0/22/2
L
–
Yes 16/0/0/0
KD
–
Yes 18/0/0/1
M
–
Yes 65/0/0/1
SD
–
Yes 68/0/0/2
Committee proposal
The Riksdag rejects the motions
2025/26:4153 by Ida Karkiainen et al. (S) request 1 and
2025/26:4157 by Niels Paarup-Petersen et al. (C) requests 1 and 3.
Original (Swedish)
Riksdagen avslår motionerna
2025/26:4153 av Ida Karkiainen m.fl. (S) yrkande 1 och
2025/26:4157 av Niels Paarup-Petersen m.fl. (C) yrkandena 1 och 3.
Riksdag decision: The Riksdag approved the government's proposal, which includes abolishing permanent residence permits for persons in need of protection and persons permanently residing in Sweden, as well as their relatives.
The proposal is part of efforts to adapt Swedish rules for granting international protection and asylum procedures to the EU law minimum level. The aim of the adaptation is to create better conditions for integration and reduce exclusion by reducing asylum-related immigration.
The legislative changes begin to apply on 12 July 2026 with certain transitional provisions, except for changes in the new Reception Act (mottagandelagen), which begin to apply on 2 October 2026.
Counter-proposals
The counter-proposal wants to introduce a settlement permit as an alternative to permanent residence permits for established individuals, while maintaining them for quota refugees. (S) — Reservation 2
Motion 2025/26:4153 — med anledning av prop. 2025/26:262 Utmönstring av permanent uppehållstillstånd och anpassning av svensk rätt till EU:s migrations- och asylpakt av Ida Karkiainen m.fl. (S)
Motion 2025/26:4157 — med anledning av prop. 2025/26:262 Utmönstring av permanent uppehållstillstånd och anpassning av svensk rätt till EU:s migrations- och asylpakt av Niels Paarup-Petersen m.fl. (C)
Motion 2025/26:4170 — med anledning av prop. 2025/26:262 Utmönstring av permanent uppehållstillstånd och anpassning av svensk rätt till EU:s migrations- och asylpakt av Malcolm Momodou Jallow m.fl. (-)
Motion 2025/26:4174 — med anledning av prop. 2025/26:262 Utmönstring av permanent uppehållstillstånd och anpassning av svensk rätt till EU:s migrations- och asylpakt av Annika Hirvonen m.fl. (MP)
Motion 2025/26:4183 — med anledning av prop. 2025/26:262 Utmönstring av permanent uppehållstillstånd och anpassning av svensk rätt till EU:s migrations- och asylpakt av Tony Haddou m.fl. (V)
Proposition 2025/26:262 — Utmönstring av permanent uppehållstillstånd och anpassning av svensk rätt till EU:s migrations- och asylpakt