An asylum seeker can receive a so-called public assistance from the Swedish Migration Board.

The deputy, usually a lawyer, helps the asylum seeker through the process.

- This is a huge part of the legal security for asylum seekers, that you have an assistant who supports you in the best way, says FredrikBeijer's Head of Migration.

But there are also assistants who are deemed unsuitable after, for example, neglecting or committing a crime. Then they can be removed from the Migration Board's list of public assistants.

- It has sometimes turned out that you are detained. When we look for the person, you are heroically at the police, says Fredrik Beijer.

A blacklisted assistant can still be used if the asylum seeker himself asks for that particular person, but will not receive assignments from the Swedish Migration Board.

Two cases to the highest court

The blacklisting system has been around for two years, and during that time a total of 13 assistants have been deleted. However, several have been removed in the past year after appealing the Migration Board's decision.

Courts have ruled that the agency does not have legal support for the system. At the same time, other courts have reasoned differently, which is why the Swedish Migration Board has now taken two cases to the highest instance. The authority has requested and obtained a trial permit from the Supreme Administrative Court.

In both cases, lawyers in Skånesom are excluded from the Law Society and also accused of negligence and irregularities in relation to the Migration Board.

If the Supreme Administrative Court finds that the Migration Board does not have support in the law, the authority will no longer be able to continue with the deletions.

- It will be more difficult for us to ensure that the asylum seekers do not get an assistant who has done wrong, says Fredrik Beijer.