A quota refugee is a person who has fled his country and been selected by the UN refugee agency UNHCR to be allowed to move to another country.
Sweden usually receives 5,000 quota refugees per year, according to the Swedish Migration Board.
Maria Malmer Stenergard, the Moderates' migration policy spokesperson, tells Expressen that it is "completely unreasonable, given the great need in our vicinity".
- If we do not tighten now, we will have a much worse ability to help those who are on the run from Ukraine, she says to Expressen.
Ygeman: Can not be ruled out
A stop for quota refugees can not be ruled out, but whether it will be relevant depends entirely on how many Ukrainian war refugees come to Sweden, says Anders Ygeman (S) at a press conference together with the Swedish Migration Board today.
- Should we get an extremely large number of refugees (from Ukraine, editor's note), perhaps 200,000 as one scenario says, it will obviously affect our ability to receive quota refugees.
He adds that Sweden's work to receive quota refugees is very important to the UNHCR, but that it is also important to help those affected by the war in Ukraine.
- There will always be a trade-off, then it's a damn hard trade-off to make.