The question is whether the Aliens Act should now be amended to give the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the best-interests principle stronger weight in asylum assessments - including individual assessment, removing the 'unsuitability' requirement, and new protection grounds for children - or whether this should wait for the ongoing work to strengthen quality and legal certainty in the asylum process.
Committee proposal adopted, 266–36
Plan → Vote
»Utvecklingen mot starkare rättigheter för barn är en av de progressiva«“Development toward stronger rights for children is one of the progressive”implement the child convention · party programme ↗
»Alla barn ska ha rätt till en trygg uppväxt i enlighet med FN:s barnkonvention«“All children shall have the right to a safe childhood in accordance with the UN's Convention on the Rights of the Child”the Convention on the Rights of the Child as the foundation · party programme ↗
»Barnperspektivet ska genomsyra migrationslagarna«“The child perspective should permeate the migration laws”child perspective in migration laws · 2022 manifesto ↗
»Samhällets aktörer ska inta individens perspektiv. Av största betydelse är då barnens rättigheter och perspektiv.«“Society's actors shall adopt the perspective of the individual. Of utmost importance are then children's rights and perspective.”child's rights first · party programme ↗
»hänsyn ska tas till barns egna asylskäl, och ensamkommande barn ska särskilt värnas«“consideration shall be given to children's own asylum grounds, and unaccompanied children in particular shall be specially protected”children's own asylum grounds · party programme ↗
»Barnperspektivet ska alltid finnas med i migrations«“The child perspective shall always be included in migration”child perspective in migration matters · party programme ↗
»Anpassa asyllagstiftningen efter den rättsliga miniminivån enligt EU-rätten«“Adapt asylum legislation to the legal minimum level according to EU law”EU legal minimum level · 2022 manifesto ↗
»Utifrån dessa principer vill Sverigedemokraterna utforma den striktast möjliga utlänningslagstiftningen som är möjlig inom ramen för de europeiska asylreglerna.«“Based on these principles, Sweden Democrats want to shape the strictest possible immigration legislation that is possible within the framework of European asylum rules.”strictest possible immigration legislation · 2022 manifesto ↗
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