{"id":182598,"date":"2026-11-13T10:38:57","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T09:38:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/?p=182598"},"modified":"2026-11-14T22:35:55","modified_gmt":"2026-11-14T21:35:55","slug":"asyladvokater-bojkottar-nya-lagen-migrationsverket-pressas-av-protesten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/asylum-lawyers-boycott-the-new-law-the-migration-agency-is-under-pressure-from-the-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"Asylum Lawyers Boycott New Law \u2013 Swedish Migration Agency Under Pressure from Protests"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>At least 145 immigration lawyers are refusing to take on cases following the government\u2019s stricter asylum rules. The protest against the new immigration policy has now created problems for the Swedish Migration Agency\u2014which acknowledges that asylum seekers do not always receive legal assistance in a timely manner.<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The government and the Sweden Democrats\u2019 new rules regarding legal counsel in asylum cases have been met with a widespread boycott by lawyers. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sverigesradio.se\/artikel\/protesten-advokater-vagrar-hjalpa-asylsokande\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Swedish Radio<\/strong><\/a> At least 145 immigration attorneys have refused to take on cases since the law was amended on July 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The rules are based on the EU Migration and Asylum Pact and limit the amount of time for which legal counsel can be compensated. The Swedish Bar Association opposes the changes and has urged lawyers to decline such assignments, citing concerns about due process and legal ethics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Three out of four lawyers say no<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the Swedish Bar Association\u2019s<a href=\"https:\/\/www.advokatsamfundet.se\/Nyhetsarkiv\/2026\/oktober\/advokater-valjer-bort-asyluppdrag-sedan-nya-regler-infordes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.advokatsamfundet.se\/Nyhetsarkiv\/2026\/oktober\/advokater-valjer-bort-asyluppdrag-sedan-nya-regler-infordes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> <\/strong>75.3 percent of the lawyers who responded say they would decline assignments under the new rules. A total of 201 lawyers participated in the survey, which was conducted in September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lawyers <strong>Johanna Eriksson Ahl\u00e9n<\/strong> is one of the people taking part in the protest. She tells Sveriges Radio that she has repeatedly turned down requests to help the same asylum seeker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2013 <em>In fact, I've been asked three times about a certain matter and have had to say no three times.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Swedish Migration Agency will have to deal with the consequences<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The lawyers' refusal has now made it more difficult for the Migration Agency to find legal counsel. <strong>Veronica Lindstrand-Kant<\/strong>, who is in charge of the new process, says the agency was surprised by the scale of the protest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2013 <em>It really came as a surprise that so many people turned it down.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When asked whether all asylum seekers had been assigned a lawyer in a timely manner, she replied:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2013 <em>No, maybe not on time, but we'll figure this out.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Swedish Bar Association is demanding that the rules be changed so that more taxpayer money can go toward migrants\u2019 legal fees. At the same time, the boycott means that the lawyers\u2019 opposition to the government\u2019s immigration policy has direct consequences for the asylum seekers they claim to want to protect.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least 145 asylum lawyers are refusing cases in protest against stricter immigration rules. Now the Swedish Migration Agency is under pressure<\/p>","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":165264,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[206,205],"tags":[1948,1929],"class_list":["post-182598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-inrikes","category-nyheter","tag-advokatsamfundet","tag-migrationsverket"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182598"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":182654,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182598\/revisions\/182654"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/165264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}