SWEDEN

Right to Shelter

Right to Health Care

Right to Fair Labor Conditions

Right to Organize

Right to Education and Training

Right to a Minimum Subsistence

Right to Family Life

Right to Moral and Physical Integrity

Right to Legal Aid

General Remarks

 

The personal identity number, which all legal residents of Sweden have, is used to check the access of an individual to social and economic rights. Undocumented migrants, who usually do not have such a number, are thus effectively excluded from most of these rights.

 

1. Right to Shelter

 

Can an undocumented migrant receive accommodation in a public housing shelter or in a private shelter that receives public funding?  

No information provided.  

Is it legal for a landlord to rent out an apartment to an undocumented migrant?    

No information provided.  

2. Right to Health Care

 

Do undocumented migrants have access to public health care or is there a special health service only for undocumented migrants?

 

Undocumented migrants do not have access to health care (apart from the possibility of being a private patient). There are a few clinics that have been opened by NGOs in the major cities where access to health care is free.

 

Do health care professionals have the duty to report an undocumented migrant to the authorities? If yes, why? If no, why not?

 

No.

 

3. Right to Fair Labor Conditions

 

Does national labor law stipulate that an employer is obliged to pay an undocumented migrant for work done, even if the worker does not have a legal residence or work permit?  

No information provided.  

If an undocumented migrant has an accident at the workplace, can s/he receive coverage from Social Security (via accident insurance) to cover the costs of treatment or care? 

No information provided.  

Can an undocumented migrant bring a court case against an employer for withheld wages?  

No information provided.  

4. Right to Organize

 

Do undocumented migrants have the right to organize?  

No information provided.  

Can an undocumented migrant be a member of a trade union?  

No information provided.  

5. Right to Education and Training 

Can undocumented minors under the age of 18 enroll in schools? 

No. Only minors who are still in the asylum system can enroll in schools. 

Are schools obliged to report the presence of undocumented children/adolescents to the authorities?

 

No information provided.  

Do schools receive any funding for these children/adolescents?  

No. 

Do undocumented adults (over the age of 18) have the right to education and training?   

No.

 

6. Right to a Minimum Subsistence 

Do undocumented migrants have a right to welfare benefits from the government?  

No.

 

7. Right to Family Life 

Can an undocumented migrant legally get married or legally cohabitate?

No information provided.  

Is it legal to deport an undocumented migrant without his/her spouse or child/ren? 

No information provided.  

8. Right to Moral and Physical Integrity 

Are there rules and regulations upholding the right to integrity of undocumented migrants in this country?  

No information provided.  

Has this country been condemned for not respecting international agreements concerning protection of the personal integrity of undocumented migrants?  

No information provided.  

Are detention centres accessible to non-governmental organizations?  

No information provided.  

9. Right to Legal Aid

 

Are undocumented migrants entitled at any time to free legal aid from a jurist or lawyer?  

No information provided.  

Can undocumented migrants freely assert their rights in court and in the appeals court?   

No information provided.