Great concern at the Migration Board after meeting with the management

The Swedish Migration Board has internally informed its employees of several major changes. Among other things, priority should be given to down asylum applications via embassies and consulates as well as cases concerning family immigration, according to information to SVT. This can lead to longer waiting times and reduced capacity to handle cases.

Notification and placement of staff have also been announced, where people may be given lower positions than before. According to SVT's sources, this involves both reorganization and reduction.

Some units will fight while others will disappear altogether. The information from the authority's management partly confirms the information, but believes that exactly how the employees will be affected is not clear yet. What is happening now is a planning work for 2020 after a reduced budget from the government.

- It may also be that there are employees who can risk dismissal, but we want to emphasize that it is too early to say how many who will actually need the leaving authority. We will of course work to retain as many staff as possible, writes Frederik Abbemo, regional communicator Stockholm in a comment to SVT.

Earlier this year, the government received criticism for a heavy workload of staff, a burden that employees now worry about will grow. There is great concern among the employees and the working climate is tense, it is stated. Last fall, SVT wrote about the reorganization of the Migration Board in the region North. It was then stated that the previous six regions - North, Central, Stockholm, West, East and South - should be converted into three regions, though the change would not affect the offices or staff.