The Swedish government announced, after its agreement with the opposition for a series of measures concerning its policy toward the new refugees, the most important is granting a temporary residence for asylum seekers, rather than permanent, which would give the refugees temporary residence for three years instead of permanent permits, but this agreement does not include families with children, as well as the unaccompanied minors.
The agreement to force all municipalities to receive refugees, and accelerate the approval of the Migration Board to the decisions to accept or reject asylum requests in Sweden, to accelerate the return procedures of refugees who were rejected to their origin countries, to agree on the establishment and construction of more sheltering “camps,” in addition to the confirmation of the participation of Sweden in the repatriation of refugees to the rest of the European countries, and the appeal of Sweden to all European countries to shoulder its responsibility and help the refugees to participate in the re-distribution.
Swedish media sources quoted the Swedish immigration “that persons classified as refugees or in need of alternative protection or other types of protection are entitled to claim reunite their families. The Convention stipulated refugee reception quotas in implementation of the plan for the European Union to fairly re-distribute refugees to all European countries.”
Migration Board explained that after three years and after the expiration of the temporary residence permit, the person can get a permanent residence permit in case he has a work, a fixed income, and is subject to the terms of the tax system, meaning that the person who has work will get permanent residence, even though there is no longer reason to protect him and to stay in Sweden.”
The board also indicated that according to the Convention of the new parties on migration and asylum, the person who obtain temporary residence permits can be transformed into a permanent after the expiration of the temporary residence in case of continuing need for protection.
It is worth mentioning that thousands of Palestinian refugees arrived in Sweden to escape from Syria, in order to obtain permanent residency and citizenship, and classified as stateless (homeless).