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2017–2023·The Swedish Migration Agency (Migrationsverket)

Processing times and legal certainty in asylum assessment

Settled/established
What happened
After 2015 the backlogs grew sharply. Processing times, medical age assessments and consistency in decisions were reviewed.
Who reviewed
The Swedish National Audit Office (Riksrevisionen) and the Parliamentary Ombudsmen (JO)
Criticism
The criticism concerned long processing times and shortcomings in the reasoning behind decisions and in consistency. JO has on several occasions criticised the agency for unacceptably long waiting times.
Outcome
Increased resources in certain periods, digitalisation of case handling and a changed organisation for age assessments.
Agency's own reply
The Migration Agency has stated that case handling has been made more efficient, that the age assessment process has been changed and that work on consistent decisions is a priority.

Sources

Primary sourceRiksrevisionen RiR 2017:4 — Lärdomar av flyktingsituationen hösten 2015: beredskap och hantering (2017-03-28)JO — beslut om långa handläggningstider hos Migrationsverket (sök diarienummer via jo.se/sv/beslut)

Updated 2026-07-08

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