In September, Sölvesborg's political board decided that the municipality should challenge the Settlement Act so as not to have to accept more new arrivals arriving by the Migration Board.
The law gives the Migration Board the right to distribute new arrivals who have been granted residence permits between Sweden's municipalities.
Last year, 12 people were placed in Sölvesborg, according to Ekot.
In Wednesday's News, Louise Erixon (SD), the chair of the municipal council in Sölvesborg, and Boel Godner (S), the chair of the municipal council in Södertälje, met in debate.
- Firstly, it is a matter of principle that the principle of municipal self-government as stated in our constitution should weigh more heavily than this hasty, rogue law. On the one hand, it is about the municipalities not having cost coverage today, especially in the long term, says Louise Erixon.
Boel Godner answers:
- Firstly, it is a problem that a chair of a municipal council in Sweden wants to break legislation that the Riksdag has decided.
See more from the debate above.