Nævnet stadfæstede i juli 2025 Udlændingestyrelsens afgørelse om overførsel til Sverige i medfør af udlændingelovens § 48 a, stk. 1, 1. pkt., jf. § 29 a, stk. 1, jf. Dublinforordningen, vedrørende en kvinde, der var meddelt afslag på asyl i Sverige. Sagen blev behandlet på formandskompetence.
DRC Dansk Flygtningehjælp henviste som begrundelse for, at klagerens sag skulle behandles i Danmark, blandt andet til, at klageren er en afvist asylansøger, der risikerer at skulle leve på gaden ved en tilbageoverførsel til Sverige. Efter en gennemgang af sagen, udtalte Flygtningenævnet blandt andet: ” Det fremgår af udlændingelovens § 48 a, stk. 1, 1. pkt., at påberåber en udlænding sig at være omfattet af § 7, træffer Udlændingestyrelsen snarest muligt afgørelse om afvisning eller overførsel efter reglerne i kapitel 5 a. Det fremgår videre af kapitel 5 a, herunder § 29 a, stk. 1, at en udlænding kan afvises eller overføres til en anden medlemsstat efter reglerne i Dublinforordningen. I den foreliggende sag har nævnet lagt til grund, at klageren har ansøgt om og er blevet meddelt afslag på en ansøgning om international beskyttelse i Sverige. Flygtningenævnet finder på denne baggrund, at Sverige er forpligtet til at modtage klageren, jf. forordningens artikel 18, stk. 1, litra d, og at Sverige dermed er ansvarlig for at behandle klagerens ansøgning om international beskyttelse. Det bemærkes herved, at Sverige [i foråret]2025 har accepteret at modtage klageren i medfør af pågældende bestemmelse. Det af DRC Dansk Flygtningehjælp anførte om, at klageren risikerer at skulle leve på gaden ved en tilbageførsel til Sverige, kan ikke føre til, at klagerens asylsag skal behandles i Danmark. Flygtningenævnet kan henvise til AIDA’s Country Report Sweden (2024, Update May 2025) for forholdene for afviste asylansøgere i Sverige, herunder Dublin returnees, er nærmere beskrevet i, hvor det på side 52 om Dublin returnees fremgår: “Dublin returnees with a final negative decision in Sweden are normally taken into custody on arrival and measures are taken to facilitate their removal. If their case is still pending in Sweden and there is no final negative decision, then they are placed in an accommodation centre near a point of departure and continue the procedure in their ongoing case. During 2018, the Aliens Act was amended concerning responsibility for the reception of Dublin returnees which means that the police authority takes over the responsibility from the Swedish Migration Agency regarding the reception of persons who have been accepted in accordance with the Dublin Regulation when there is a legally enforceable decision on cancellation or expulsion. Transfers to Sweden for “take back” cases with a legally enforceable removal order in Sweden are not automatically provided with accommodation by the Swedish Migration Agency or the Police on arrival if they are unwilling to return voluntarily to their home country. This applies also to families with children. Since the changes to the Law on the Reception of Asylum Seekers (LMA) in 2016 only families with minor children can be allowed to stay in this accommodation while the removal order is pending and after the period for voluntary return has passed. Families who leave this accommodation for another EU country and are returned according to the Dublin Regulation have no right to re-access accommodation from the Migration Agency.” På rapportens side 91-92 omtales ændringen af de svenske regler for modtagelsen af asylansøgere. Heraf fremgår bl.a.: “Following an amendment to the Reception of Asylum Seekers Act (LMA) introduced in 2016, some applicants no longer have the right to reception conditions when they have received a decision on deportation which can no longer be appealed, or whose period for voluntary return has ended (they are then no longer formally considered to be asylum applicants). This is the case for adult applicants without children who then lose their right to reception conditions (i.e. the right to a daily allowance and accommodation provided by the Swedish Migration Agency). Adult applicants always have the right to emergency health care (health care that cannot be deferred, maternal healthcare, healthcare related to abortion and health care in relation to contraception). If they refuse to leave their accommodation at that point, they may be forcibly removed and be subjected to criminal sanctions. If a family is in a similar situation the adult is entitled to a reduced allowance, whereas the children are still allowed standard allowance. The family will also keep their right to accommodation. The restrictive changes introduced in 2016 have left many persons destitute and homeless or reliant on support from individuals or civil society organisations. These restrictive changes have led to criticism from civil society, as organisations such as the Red Cross have pointed out that the reform has led more people to turn to civil society organisations to ask for assistance with accommodation, food and health care. A public inquiry looking into the reception of asylum seekers evaluated the mentioned changes from 2016 and found that it didn’t meet the set goals. The inquiry concluded that the amendment did not serve as an incentive for return but rather had the opposite effect to what was intended. The statistical estimates presented by the inquiry indicated that the incentives for asylum seekers who had received a return decision to leave the country voluntarily had, in fact, decreased following the legislative amendment, compared to the likelihood prior to the amendment. The changes from 2016 are therefore suggested to be reversed from August 2026, making adult applicants without children eligible for a daily allowance even if, for example, they have overstayed the period for voluntary departure. In cases where it is considered “obviously unreasonable” to cease the right to reception conditions, the right to such conditions will not cease and particularly vulnerable persons can therefore be exempted
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Families who have left Sweden for another EU country and are returned according to the Dublin Regulation have no right to re-access accommodation or other forms of reception conditions from the Swedish Migration Agency. The restricted access to reception conditions apply until a person is again considered to fall within the scope of the LMA. This can happen after a subsequent application is handed in but only if a person is granted a re-examination or receives a stay of enforcement decision. An expulsion order is valid for four years. After four years it is possible to apply for asylum again. At this point the applicant will once again fall within the scope of the LMA and will hence have access to reception conditions without restrictions.” Det må på baggrund heraf lægges til grund, at asylansøgere i Sverige, der har fået endeligt afslag på deres ansøgning om asyl, ikke tilbydes indkvartering, men at de altid har ret til akut lægehjælp, ligesom indkvartering fortsat vil være tilgængelig, hvis det vil være åbenbart urimeligt at nægte fortsat indkvartering. Det forhold, at klageren lider af [psykisk diagnose], kan ikke føre til, at klagerens asylsag skal behandles i Danmark, da klageren ifølge baggrundsoplysningerne i Sverige vil være berettiget til akut lægehjælp. Sverige har som anført accepteret at tilbagetage klageren efter Dublinforordningens artikel 18, stk. 1, litra d, og har således også ansvaret for klagerens udrejse eller tvangsmæssige udsendelse. Det er de svenske myndigheder, der inden for rammerne af den svenske lovgivning og Sveriges internationale forpligtelser, i den forbindelse skal sikre, at klageren ikke behandles på en måde, der strider herimod. Sverige har tiltrådt Den Europæiske Menneskerettighedskonvention, Flygtningekonventionen og EU’s charter om grundlæggende rettigheder, og der er ikke grundlag for at antage, at Sverige, herunder såvel de svenske myndigheder som den svenske lovgivning, ikke lever op til disse internationale forpligtelser. Flygtningenævnet finder ikke, at de generelle forhold og levevilkår for asylansøgere i Sverige er af en sådan karakter, at Danmark er afskåret fra at overføre klageren til Sverige, jf. forordningens artikel 3, stk. 2, 2. led. Flygtningenævnet finder, at der ikke er grundlag for at tilsidesætte Udlændingestyrelsens vurdering af, at der ikke foreligger sådanne særlige hensyn, herunder af humanitær karakter, at asylansøgningen bør behandles i Danmark, jf. forordningens artikel 17. På den baggrund skal Flygtningenævnet meddele, at nævnet efter en gennemgang af sagen ikke finder grundlag for at omgøre Udlændingestyrelsens afgørelse, jf. udlændingelovens § 48 a, stk. 1, 1. pkt., jf. § 29 a, stk. 1, jf. Dublinforordningen.” Dub-Sver/2025/13/DIEI
