These are life-changing decisions made in the Migration Courts. Nevertheless, the courts have not had time to catch up with the large number of cases that came up during the great refugee year 2015.

- To go and carry that uncertainty for so many years, is of course not good. It is not acceptable, nor do we think so ourselves, says Johan Sjöö, lawyer at the Migration Court in Malmö, where the negotiations in removal cases, where asylum is included, have decreased by 56 percent.

More than halved the number of asylum negotiations

The migration courts' completed asylum negotiations throughout the country have decreased by 57 percent in the first half of this year compared with the average for the same period over the past three years, according to figures produced by SVT Nyheter.

- We also have an effect of the corona. We have had to cancel more negotiations than we have done before, says Johan Sjöö.

The same picture is given by the other four Migration Courts. In Gothenburg, asylum negotiations have decreased by 22 percent, in Luleå by 57 percent and in Stockholm by 72 percent.

"Tough for those who wait"

Almina Imamovic is a lawyer and representative for several asylum seekers who are waiting for information. 

- It has huge consequences. They live in uncertainty and feel mentally ill. It splits families, they may during these years have met someone, fallen in love and formed a family, says Almina Imamovic.

Minister of Migration Morgan Johansson (S) does not want to give an interview but replies in writing that the government has given the Migration Courts the opportunity to send cases between them. The question of whether there will be any more resources, he refers to the autumn budget negotiations.