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The main migration policy instruments in Sweden:

Non-exhaustive list of key policy documents in the area of migration:

• National policies and legislation:
• Consult Sweden’s national law database.
• Consult recent publications of the European Migration Network.
• EU legislation:
• Consult the adopted EU legislation on Migration and Home Affairs
• Ratified international treaties:
• 1954/1967: ratification of the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol.
• 2004: ratification of the 2000 Protocol on Trafficking in Persons.
• 2006: ratification of the 2000 Protocol on Smuggling of Migrants.

The main ministries in charge of migration affairs in Sweden:  

• Ministry of Justice: Together with its subordinate authorities it is the main body dealing with migration affairs, including immigration (entry, residence); the asylum procedure and reception of asylum seekers; border management and irregular migration; integration; return and repatriation.
• Ministry of Employment: has the main responsibility for integration policy (together with other Ministries).
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs: visa and consular affairs; development and foreign policy aspects of migration.

Sources:

• Swedish National Contact Point of the European Migration Network (2017): Annual Report 2017 on Migration and Asylum Policy in Sweden. https://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/sites/homeaffairs/files/17a_sweden_arm_part2_2017_en.pdf
• United Nations DESA-Population Division and UNICEF (2014): Migration Profiles - Common Set of Indicators. https://esa.un.org/MigGMGProfiles/Indicators/indicators.HTM

Last update: December 2018