Swedish Migration Agency

Swedish Migration Agency
Migrationsverket
Logotype of the Swedish Migration Agency
Agency overview
Formed1 July 1969
HeadquartersNorrköping[1]
Minister responsible
Agency executives
Parent departmentMinistry of Justice
Websitewww.migrationsverket.se

The Swedish Migration Agency (Swedish: Migrationsverket; previous English name: Swedish Migration Board), is a Swedish government agency, established on 1 July 1969.[3] Its task is to evaluate and decide on applications from people who want to seek a temporary residence permit, acquire permanent residence or citizenship in Sweden. This makes it involved in immigration to Sweden

The Swedish Migration Agency is under the Ministry of Justice and operates nationwide from about 40 offices. It is headquartered in Norrköping in Östergötland and is led by a Director General, currently Anders Danielsson. In 2014, the agency received 81,301 applications for asylum, of which 31,220 were granted.[1][4]

In 2017 according to calculations done by weekly magazine Fokus, the agency's budget for unaccompanied minors alone at 27 billion krona represented 37% of the UNHCR:s budget for managing refugees over the entire planet.[5]

  1. ^ a b "About the Migration Agency". Swedish Migration Agency. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Senior Management". Swedish Migration Agency. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Historik" (in Swedish). Swedish Migration Agency. 26 August 2020.
  4. ^ "Regleringsbrev för budgetåret 2015 avseende Migrationsverket" (in Swedish). Swedish National Financial Management Authority. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  5. ^ "Röntgentraumat - Fokus". Fokus (in Swedish). 23 February 2017. Retrieved 4 June 2017.