Rickard Olseke

Rickard Olseke

@migration.se

Independent Expert on European migration and asylum policy – based in Stockholm 🇸🇪 More at https://www.linkedin.com/in/rickardolseke

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Peter Hellman
@hrhellman.bsky.social

Skriver såhär på fredagskvällen på SvD Debatt om det absurda i den nya mottagandelagen där människor begränsas till att bara få röra sig inom ett län. www.svd.se/a/xlpLjV/sve...

svd.se”Sverige har gjort det absurda till lag”DEBATT. Asylsökande måste nu be staten om lov för att resa över en länsgräns. Den nya lagen innebär en orimlig inskränkning av rörelsefriheten för människor som inte misstänks för något brott, skriver...

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The Guardian
@theguardian.com

Briton facing forced separation from baby son after Sweden orders his deportation

theguardian.comBriton facing forced separation from baby son after Sweden orders his deportationExclusive: Photographer Simon Montgomery told ‘state’s interest in regulated immigration’ outweighs his family concerns * UK politics live – latest updates * Europe live – latest updates A British photographer is facing deportation from Sweden and forced separation from his 16-month-old son after authorities ruled in favour of the country’s immigration interests. Simon Montgomery’s application to remain after the birth of his son last year was rejected on multiple grounds by the country’s migration agency, a decision that was then upheld by the migration court. Continue reading...

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The Insider
@theins.press

Russian pensioner jailed for six years after Lithuania handed him back to Russia says he clearly asked border guards for asylum The 68-year-old, who swam from Russia across the Neman River, says he was not allowed to submit a written application, contrary to what Lithuanian officials have said.

theins.pressRussian pensioner jailed for six years after Lithuania handed him back to Russia says he clearly asked border guards for asylumIgor Odintsov, a Russian pensioner who recently sought asylum in Lithuania but was returned to Russia by Lithuania’s border guards, has detailed his…

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Daniel Carnestedt
@daniel.asylbyran.se

Migrationsverket har order att leverera pinnar i form av öppnade återkallelseärenden till regeringen. Vad utgången blir är inte lika viktigt, så de har förbjudits att beakta hur sannolikt det är att återkallelse faktiskt sker. Orsakar stort lidande och onödiga kostnader. www.dn.se/debatt/varfo...

dn.seDN Debatt. ”Varför snokar myndigheten i hbtq-personers privatliv?”DN Debatt. Tre advokater: Asylsökande får inte veta att de har rätt att tiga och får inte med sig advokat i rummet.

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euobserver — EU news that matters
@euobserver.com

There is a jarring disconnect between EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen’s insistence on European values and the rules-based order - and the bloc's willingness to throw the right to asylum out the window.

euobserver.comAt this summit, the EU is throwing its values out of the window on asylumThere is a jarring disconnect between EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen’s insistence on European values and the rules-based order - and the bloc's willingness to throw the right to asylum out the window.

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Fereshta Abbasi
@fereshtaabbasi.bsky.social

“The European Union cannot credibly condemn the Taliban’s systematic repression while engaging with them to deport Afghans into the very abuses they claim to oppose,” said Fereshta Abbasi, the Afghanistan researcher at Human Rights Watch. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/w...

nytimes.comThe Taliban Are Using Europe’s Fear of Migrants to Their AdvantageEuropean nations that condemn the Taliban government for its human rights record are seeking its help to deport refugees back to Afghanistan.
Rickard Olseke
@migration.se

"We are building a Europe that manages migration with order and dignity [...] upholding the values on which our Union is founded." Really? 🤔

POLITICO Europe@politico.eu

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen wrote to European leaders urging a series of measures to respond to illegal migration ahead of this week’s summit in Brussels.

politico.euUrsula von der Leyen calls for tough migration measures in letter to leadersCommission president says Europe must “make clear that we will never compromise the protection of our external borders.”

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Jorge Liboreiro
@jorgeliboreiro.bsky.social

Greece has proposed a system to suspend the right of asylum in cases of a mass influx of irregular migrants. Poland, Germany, Austria and Denmark are supportive. But the measure could result in collective pushbacks.

euronews.comGreece pitches suspending EU right to asylum during migration crisesA special regime would be activated in case of a rapid increase in arrivals and migrants flows used as a hybrid threat by third countries. Several EU governments seem open to the proposal, which could...

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Lisa O’Carroll
@lisaocarroll.bsky.social

Swedes still deporting pre Brexit residents Brits, despite prospective new government promises new laws to give them a second chance. I met this man hours after he was deported - he was distraught to say the least www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...

theguardian.com‘I have nothing in the UK at all’: British man torn from his Swedish wife and homeCharles lands at Heathrow with just two bags and nowhere to go as a result of Brexit and Stockholm’s hardline immigration position
Rickard Olseke
@migration.se

Om Magdalena Andersson (S) backar från det ohållbara mantrat om en stram migrationspolitik kan hon bygga en vänster-mittenkoalition för ett växande och sammanhållet Sverige som bättre tillvaratar migrationens möjligheter.