At a press conference on Tuesday, Minister of Migration Maria Malmer Stenergard (M) and SD’s migration policy spokesperson Ludvig Aspling presented the investigation that will now be appointed.
Among other things, they want the investigator to examine how the support requirements for relative immigration can be tightened, and whether there should be a requirement for comprehensive health insurance for a person to be allowed to come to Sweden through relative immigration.
– The subsistence requirements aim above all to strengthen integration and are deemed to increase the drive for dependents to come to work and become self-sufficient, says Ludvig Aspling.
More dna analysis
They also want the investigator to analyze whether DNA analysis is needed in more cases to be able to ensure kinship between people.
– The use of DNA technology can be an important instrument to, for example, protect children from being reunited with a person they are not really related to, says Aspling.
The current rules for family immigration are more generous than EU law and other international commitments require, says Maria Malmer Stenergard.
– The Swedish regulations are also complicated and can be perceived as inconsistent, she says.
Both family immigration to persons with residence permits and Swedish citizens shall be covered by the investigation, which shall be reported in August 2025.