2026-06-092025/26:SfU30 · p.1SfUMigration & social insurance
Phasing out permanent residence permits and adapting Swedish law to the EU migration and asylum pact
Removal of permanent residence permits and alignment with the EU's migration and asylum pact
What's at stake: The proposal would mean that people with a need for protection could, as a rule, no longer be granted a permanent residence permit and would instead receive time-limited permits, which supporters say reduces exclusion and asylum-related immigration, but which critics say weakens legal safeguards, children's rights, and the ability of those granted protection to build a secure future in Sweden.
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 the possibility of a permanent residence permit on asylum-related grounds should be abolished and Swedish law aligned with the EU's minimum level for migration and asylum, or whether the proposal should be rejected as an excessively far-reaching and inadequately prepared weakening of asylum rights.
Yes Yes — the committee proposal
The committee shares the government's assessment that past high immigration combined with insufficient integration has contributed to major challenges, and considers that asylum-related immigration needs to be reduced to sustainable levels. The committee assesses that the risk of the proposal undermining labour-market establishment is limited, and therefore supports the proposal to abolish permanent residence permits for certain foreign nationals and align Swedish law with the EU's minimum level.
No No — the reservations
Reservation 1 (V, MP)
The reservation considers that the proposal entails far-reaching setbacks for asylum law, legal certainty in asylum examinations and children's rights, and that the government is using the EU's migration and asylum pact as leverage for a more restrictive policy than EU law actually requires. A reviewing opinion on the proposal is described as extensive and sharply critical of inadequate preparation and analysis, and the reservation argues that parliament should not adopt legislation that risks breaching asylum rights merely to avoid a delayed implementation.
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: adopting the government's legislative proposal and rejecting the motions (keeping things as they are).
No Backing the counter-proposal: reservation 1 by V, MP.
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 | – | No 0/20/0/1 | |||
| S | – | Yes 106/0/0/0 | |||
| MP | – | No 0/18/0/0 | |||
| C | – | Yes 23/0/0/1 | |||
| 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 adopts the government's proposal for 1. Act amending the Aliens Act (2005:716), 2. Act amending the Parental Code (föräldrabalken), 3. Act amending the Social Insurance Code (socialförsäkringsbalken), 4. Act amending the Act (1990:52) on special provisions concerning care of young people, 5. Act amending the Population Registration Act (1991:481), 6. Act amending the Act (1991:1128) on compulsory psychiatric care, 7. Act amending the Act (1991:1129) on forensic psychiatric care, 8. Act amending the Act (1994:137) on reception of asylum seekers, etc., 9. Act amending the Study Support Act (1999:1395) with the amendment that the closing parenthesis in Chapter 2, Section 4 after "Directive 2011/95/EU" shall be removed, 10. Act amending the Act (2001:82) on Swedish citizenship, 11. Act amending the Act (2001:454) on processing of personal data within social services, 12. Act amending the Act (2005:429) on guardianship for unaccompanied children, 13. Act amending the Act (2008:290) on approval for research principals to receive guest researchers, 14. Act amending the Act (2008:344) on health and medical care for asylum seekers, etc., 15. Act amending the Public Access to Information and Secrecy Act (2009:400), 16. Act amending the Planning and Building Act (2010:900), 17. Act amending the Act (2013:156) on civic orientation for certain newly arrived immigrants, 18. Act amending the Act (2013:407) on health and medical care for certain aliens residing in Sweden without necessary permits, 19. Act amending the Aliens Data Act (2016:27), 20. Act amending the Act (2016:38) on reception of certain newly arrived immigrants for settlement, 21. Act amending the Act (2017:584) on responsibility for integration measures for certain newly arrived immigrants, 22. Act amending the Act (2018:1693) on the police's processing of personal data within the criminal record database area, 23. Act amending the Act (2022:700) on special surveillance of certain aliens, 24. Act amending the Act (2024:79) on placement of children in safe housing, 25. Act amending the Act (2024:691) on population registration of aliens with temporary protection in certain cases, 26. Act amending the Act (2025:945) on amendment to the Aliens Data Act (2016:27), 27. Act amending the Reception Act (2026:000), 28. Act amending the Act (2026:000) on amendment to the Act (2023:339) on amendment to the Act (2018:1693) on the police's processing of personal data within the criminal record database area, 29. Act amending the Act (2026:000) on amendment to the Act (2025:947) on amendment to the Act (2018:1693) on the police's processing of personal data within the criminal record database area. Thus the Riksdag approves Government Bill 2025/26:262 points 1-29 and rejects the motions 2025/26:4170 by Malcolm Momodou Jallow et al. (-) request 1, 2025/26:4174 by Annika Hirvonen et al. (MP) requests 1 and 2, and 2025/26:4183 by Tony Haddou et al. (V) requests 1 and 2.
Original (Swedish)
Riksdagen antar regeringens förslag till 1. lag om ändring i utlänningslagen (2005:716), 2. lag om ändring i föräldrabalken, 3. lag om ändring i socialförsäkringsbalken, 4. lag om ändring i lagen (1990:52) med särskilda bestämmelser om vård av unga, 5. lag om ändring i folkbokföringslagen (1991:481), 6. lag om ändring i lagen (1991:1128) om psykiatrisk tvångsvård, 7. lag om ändring i lagen (1991:1129) om rättspsykiatrisk vård, 8. lag om ändring i lagen (1994:137) om mottagande av asylsökande m.fl., 9. lag om ändring i studiestödslagen (1999:1395) med den ändringen att halvparentestecknet i 2 kap. 4 § efter ”direktiv 2011/95/EU” ska utgå, 10. lag om ändring i lagen (2001:82) om svenskt medborgarskap, 11. lag om ändring i lagen (2001:454) om behandling av personuppgifter inom socialtjänsten, 12. lag om ändring i lagen (2005:429) om god man för ensamkommande barn, 13. lag om ändring i lagen (2008:290) om godkännande för forskningshuvudmän att ta emot gästforskare, 14. lag om ändring i lagen (2008:344) om hälso- och sjukvård åt asylsökande m.fl., 15. lag om ändring i offentlighets- och sekretesslagen (2009:400), 16. lag om ändring i plan- och bygglagen (2010:900), 17. lag om ändring i lagen (2013:156) om samhällsorientering för vissa nyanlända invandrare, 18. lag om ändring i lagen (2013:407) om hälso- och sjukvård till vissa utlänningar som vistas i Sverige utan nödvändiga tillstånd, 19. lag om ändring i utlänningsdatalagen (2016:27), 20. lag om ändring i lagen (2016:38) om mottagande av vissa nyanlända invandrare för bosättning, 21. lag om ändring i lagen (2017:584) om ansvar för etableringsinsatser för vissa nyanlända invandrare, 22. lag om ändring i lagen (2018:1693) om polisens behandling av personuppgifter inom brottsdatalagens område, 23. lag om ändring i lagen (2022:700) om särskild kontroll av vissa utlänningar, 24. lag om ändring i lagen (2024:79) om placering av barn i skyddat boende, 25. lag om ändring i lagen (2024:691) om folkbokföring av utlänningar med tillfälligt skydd i vissa fall, 26. lag om ändring i lagen (2025:945) om ändring i utlänningsdatalagen (2016:27), 27. lag om ändring i mottagandelagen (2026:000), 28. lag om ändring i lagen (2026:000) om ändring i lagen (2023:339) om ändring i lagen (2018:1693) om polisens behandling av personuppgifter inom brottsdatalagens område, 29. lag om ändring i lagen (2026:000) om ändring i lagen (2025:947) om ändring i lagen (2018:1693) om polisens behandling av personuppgifter inom brottsdatalagens område. Därmed bifaller riksdagen proposition 2025/26:262 punkterna 1-29 och avslår motionerna 2025/26:4170 av Malcolm Momodou Jallow m.fl. (-) yrkande 1, 2025/26:4174 av Annika Hirvonen m.fl. (MP) yrkandena 1 och 2 samt 2025/26:4183 av Tony Haddou m.fl. (V) yrkandena 1 och 2.
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 permanent residence permits to remain the main rule in Sweden to create the best conditions for integration and reduce exclusion. (V, MP) — Reservation 1
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Sources and documents
- The committee report on riksdagen.se (2025/26:SfU30)
- Committee report full text (HD01SfU30)
- Per-MP voting data (API)
- Case status (API)
Documents under consideration
- 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
Source: The Swedish Parliament