Tag: Swedish Migration Agency

  • 460: Finland lets go of Sweden’s hand

    460: Finland lets go of Sweden’s hand

    Finland is getting ready for a scenario where Turkey lets them in but not Sweden into NATO. At the same time, the defense alliance’s secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, opens the possibility that this could be the case. This causes headaches for Swedish politicians who, after all, worked based on the hand-in-hand-with-Finland scenario. Ribbenvik leaves the […]

  • Maria Malmer Stenergard (M): All proposals must be implemented

    Maria Malmer Stenergard (M): All proposals must be implemented

    Migration Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard (M) is questioned in Ekot’s Saturday interview by Johar Bendjelloul. According to the Tidö Agreement, municipalities and authorities must report to the Swedish Migration Agency and the Police if they come into contact with people who are staying illegally in Sweden – something that critics call a notification requirement. This […]

  • The Russian conscientious objectors in Sweden

    The Russian conscientious objectors in Sweden

    Conflict hits several Russian men in Sweden who fled Putin’s Russia after the war started and sought asylum here. Dmitry from Saint Petersburg left after the mobilization and the choice, as he sees it, “to kill or be killed”. Sergei Nazarenkov from Murmansk he also left for fear of being mobilized, but the former elite […]

  • GRETA conducts the third evaluation visit to Sweden – Measures against human trafficking

    GRETA conducts the third evaluation visit to Sweden – Measures against human trafficking

    A delegation from the Council of Europe’s expert group on measures against human trafficking (GRETA) conducted an evaluation visit to Sweden on 24-28 October 2022 as part of the third evaluation round of Convention on Measures Against Trafficking in Human Beings. The focus of this evaluation round of the convention is on victims of human […]

  • An official of the Ministry of Finland who is suspected of receiving bribes and abuse of office

    An official of the Ministry of Finland who is suspected of receiving bribes and abuse of office

    Two other people have been arrested earlier in the preliminary investigation on suspicion of aggravated human trafficking. “In the preliminary investigation, it is suspected that the bribes have significantly benefited and facilitated the official processes related to the operations of the berry shop”, Teemu Mäntyniemithe police criminal police responsible for the preliminary investigation (KRP) stated […]

  • Right now: This is how the Swedish school will take care of Ukrainian children

    Right now: This is how the Swedish school will take care of Ukrainian children

    Minister of Education Lina Axelsson Kihlblom (S) holds a press conference to tell what will apply to Ukrainian school children in Sweden. Also present at the press conference are Minister of Integration and Migration Anders Ygeman (S) and the Swedish Migration Agency’s Director General Mikael Ribbenvik.

  • Right now: The Minister of Migration on the latest in the refugee situation

    Right now: The Minister of Migration on the latest in the refugee situation

    Minister of Integration and Migration Anders Ygeman (S) holds a press conference together with the Swedish Migration Agency’s Director General Mikael Ribbenvik. At the press conference, a status update on the refugee situation is presented. The Swedish Migration Agency is also expected to report on the costs of receiving refugees.

  • The latest on the situation in Ukraine

    The latest on the situation in Ukraine

    The Swedish Migration Agency on refugee flows. The consequences of a nuclear accident. The Swedish Radiation Safety Authority and others are participating in tonight’s broadcast.