Published March 31, 2024 | Version v2
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Legal and Policy Infrastructures of Returns in Sweden - Country Dossier (WP2)

  • 1. ROR icon Uppsala University

Description

This report delineates the legislative, institutional, and procedural frameworks and infrastructures concerning the return of irregular migrants from Sweden. It further explores key policy developments in this field. Covering the period from 2015 to 2023, with some historical retrospectives, the report provides a brief overview of return-related statistics, elucidates the interplay between Swedish national law, EU law, and public international law, and maps the operational infrastructure for return, including the primary return governance actors at the national level. The focus is chiefly on the legislative framework, especially the transposition of the EU Return Directive into Swedish legislation, and recent legislative and policy shifts in the return context. Section 7, on the legislative framework, specifically examines return procedures, approaches to both voluntary and enforced return, procedural safeguards, detention, and the specific requirements for the return of unaccompanied minors and other vulnerable groups. Additionally, the report addresses international cooperation and funding pertaining to return.

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D2.1_GAPs_Sweden Country dossier final.pdf

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Funding

European Commission
GAPs - De-centring the Study of Migrant Returns and Readmission Policies in Europe and Beyond 101094341