It was in August 2017 that the Migration Board decided to reject the two brothers' applications for residence permits and expel them to Afghanistan. They came to Sweden in the fall of 2015.
Just two days after the deportation decision, the older of the brothers, who were also severely visually impaired, took their lives at a residence in Western Sweden. Subsequently, the Migration Board found that the deportation decisions were incorrect and regretted that the decisions were never tried by the Migration Court.
Say no to damages- Sometimes we make the wrong decisions. The terrible thing here is that it did not go all the way without a young person feeling the need to take his life, said Fredrik Bengtsson, communications director at the Swedish Migration Board to SVT's program Assignment review in October 2017.
Now, the Migration Board receives criticism from the Justice Chancellor, JK, who sees grounds for questioning the deportation decisions.
JK takes a serious look at several shortcomings in the administration's handling, but at the same time says no to the younger brother's request for compensation of SEK 300,000 from the state.
The Migration Board has for its part stated that the treatment has failed and only a few days after the suicide, the decision for the surviving brother, who was then allowed to stay in Sweden, was reconsidered.