Morgan Johansson (S) on the expulsion stop: "Follows developments closely"

At present, approximately 7,000 people in Sweden are affected by the Swedish Migration Board's decision to stop all deportations to Afghanistan.

- I wonder what the government's plan is for dealing with everyone who will not be able to be deported.

Both people who have been convicted of crimes and people who have had their asylum application rejected.

Our repositories are already overcrowded and the risk is that many who should not be free will be, says Maria Malmer Stenergard.

Johansson: Difficult-to-assess impact on asylum reception

Minister for Migration Morgan Johansson (SocDem) points out in a written comment that the Swedish Migration Agency makes its assessment after an analysis of various sources of information, and that the situation in Afghanistan has deteriorated considerably recently.

- I spoke today with EU Commissioner Ylva Johansson about the situation in Afghanistan and what it could mean for Europe.

The government will continue the dialogue with Afghanistan, the EU Commission and other EU countries regarding development in the country, says Morgan Johansson.

He believes that the effects for Swedish asylum reception are currently difficult to assess.

- But soon the new migration legislation will enter into force, and it is now in line with other EU countries.

It is also considerably more difficult to get through Europe now than it was in 2015. We continue to follow developments closely.

Required withdrawal of assistance

SVT has previously reported on Afghanistan's decision to temporarily stop accepting citizens who have been forcibly deported from EU countries due to the spread of covid-19 and the escalation of violence from the Taliban in particular.

Then Maria Malmer Stenergard demanded that Sweden withdraw aid to the country.

Today's message, however, means that the situation has changed, she states.

- When Afghanistan refuses to accept its own citizens, we must see what opportunities we have to be able to get them to start cooperating with us.

Conditional assistance is such an opportunity, but when we are now in a situation where we do not have to deport or deport people to Afghanistan because it is not safe for them there according to the Swedish Migration Board's assessment, we must respect that.