Abbas Amini came to Sweden in 2015. He was refused to stay in Sweden three times before finally, due to the so-called upper secondary school law, was granted temporary residence permit to carry out upper secondary studies. He is one of around 7500 young people who are covered by that law.

- This chance allows me to show who I am. It helps me fix a future, says Abbas Amini.

"Too short time"

But the future is uncertain. In order to stay in Sweden and obtain a permanent residence permit, the Migration Board requires that within six months after the end of the education, he can show that he has permanent employment or job for two years to come.

- It is completely impossible to get a permanent job within six months, he says.

The alternative is deportation to Afghanistan.

- I come from Afghanistan but I have not grown up in the community there and I have no family there.

Declining comment

SVT has sought Justice and Migration Minister Morgan Johansson (S), but he declines to comment. "There is no work going on to change the regulations," his press secretary writes in an email.