The healthcare union wants to scrap the so-called whistleblower law, which is supposed to force public employees
to indicate undocumented.
The government’s suggestion that school and healthcare staff should be exempted is not enough, according to the union.
The proposal, which critics have called the whistleblower law, is again up for debate. Among other things, teachers and health workers have said that they will refuse to report people who have received deportation orders.
The government now intends to submit an additional directive to the investigator, stating that such a regulation must not violate the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
– Thus, school staff must be exempted from this, otherwise you violate the Convention on the Rights of the Child, says Education Minister Lotta Edholm (L)
The Minister of Education believes that consideration of the Convention on the Rights of the Child also means that more professional groups will be exempted.
– I can see in front of me that this applies to care and school, for example.
Vårdförbundet: Not enough
But the government’s words that the Convention on the Rights of the Child must be taken into account do not reassure the Health Care Association.
– It would be strange if you didn’t do it. I think health care is a human right so I’m glad they included this. But that’s not enough, says Sineva Ribeiro, president of the Health Care Association.
According to the government’s directive to the investigator, certain situations may mean that a report does not have to be made. Whether this also means that the children’s parents can seek help without the risk of being reported, remains to be seen.
But the Vårdförbundet’s hope is that the proposal will be scrapped completely.
– We in healthcare already have a duty to report child abuse and sexual crimes and this is enough, says Sineva Ribeiro