Immigration Detention in the European Union by Izabella Majcher & Michael Flynn & Mariette Grange

Author:Izabella Majcher & Michael Flynn & Mariette Grange
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9783030338695
Publisher: Springer International Publishing

6.3.3 Immigration Detention Legal Framework

6.3.3.1 Laws

Deportation and detention were first introduced into Swedish law with the 1914 Deportation Act. The 1927 Aliens Act, along with amendments in 1945 and 1954, broadened the state’s detention powers and introduced changes to detention regulations. The 1945 law provided that a migrant could be detained in order to facilitate their deportation, while the 1954 law specified the grounds on which a person could be detained. An amendment in 1976 restricted the grounds for immigration-related detention, providing that a non-citizen could be detained only if there were reasonable grounds to suspect that the individual would abscond or take part in criminal activities, or if their identity could not be established (Debono et al. 2015, Jansson 2013).

Today, Sweden’s immigration policy—including conditions for the issuance of visas, long-term resident status, work permits, and refusal of entry to the country, as well as “coercive” control measures, which include immigration detention and penal sanctions—is regulated by the 2005 Aliens Act (2005,716) (Utlänningslag ). The Act has been amended several times. The 2012 amendment incorporated the European Union (EU ) Returns Directive .

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