Published : 02-04-2020
The Swedish Migration Agency has carried out a reassessment of issues related to stateless refugees coming from the following Gulf states: Qatar, Bahrain, UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Oman.
The new assessment delegitimizes the systematic invalidity of asylum-seeking applications by refugees coming from the Gulf Cooperation Council countries (GCC) and who have reasonable ground to flee their countries of origin and their host countries before heading to a GCC country.
The list of those whose status should be reconsidered includes refugees fleeing war-torn Syria and who can no longer go back to the country or to the host Gulf state.
The reassessment conducted by the Swedish Migration Agency also takes into consideration that Gulf States quasi-systematically revoke visas for person’s who stayed for six months outside the country. Even a work permit becomes very difficult to obtain in case of the person’s return to the Gulf country.
Other countries like Qatar deny the entry of Palestinian refugees who carry a travel document issued by another host country. Due to the aforementioned hurdles, the Swedish migration authorities said it is unreasonable to ask the asylum seeker who has been denied access into a Gulf State to go back to that county and reapply for a work or residence permit.
The Migration Agency said asylum seekers coming from GCC countries, including Palestinian refugees, will have their status reconsidered in line with the new reassessment. Those who have had their applications turned down for three times are now entitled to resubmit their demands following contacts with a lawyer.
AGPS has kept record of several cases of Palestinian refugees coming from GCC countries who have had their applications for humanitarian asylum rebuffed in Sweden. In many cases, authorities have pushed them back to Gulf States but the latter refused to let them in.
Official Swedish statistics have indicated that 3,296 Palestinian asylum-seekers categorized as “stateless” received citizenship documents in Sweden in 2019.
Since mid-July 2016, the Swedish authorities suspended permanent visa procedures for holders of temporary protection cards.
Over the past few years, thousands of Palestinian and Syrian refugees, among other migrants, who have applied for asylum in Sweden were granted two-year visas.
Eligibility criteria set by the Swedish authorities include a well-paid work contract valid for a minimum of two years and which enters into force before the expiration of the temporary visa. The employer should submit a recruitment declaration at the Swedish tax authority, taking into consideration the conditions defined by the national trade unions.
Those aged below 25 should be holders of secondary school diplomas from Sweden or other foreign institutions.
The Swedish Migration Agency has carried out a reassessment of issues related to stateless refugees coming from the following Gulf states: Qatar, Bahrain, UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Oman.
The new assessment delegitimizes the systematic invalidity of asylum-seeking applications by refugees coming from the Gulf Cooperation Council countries (GCC) and who have reasonable ground to flee their countries of origin and their host countries before heading to a GCC country.
The list of those whose status should be reconsidered includes refugees fleeing war-torn Syria and who can no longer go back to the country or to the host Gulf state.
The reassessment conducted by the Swedish Migration Agency also takes into consideration that Gulf States quasi-systematically revoke visas for person’s who stayed for six months outside the country. Even a work permit becomes very difficult to obtain in case of the person’s return to the Gulf country.
Other countries like Qatar deny the entry of Palestinian refugees who carry a travel document issued by another host country. Due to the aforementioned hurdles, the Swedish migration authorities said it is unreasonable to ask the asylum seeker who has been denied access into a Gulf State to go back to that county and reapply for a work or residence permit.
The Migration Agency said asylum seekers coming from GCC countries, including Palestinian refugees, will have their status reconsidered in line with the new reassessment. Those who have had their applications turned down for three times are now entitled to resubmit their demands following contacts with a lawyer.
AGPS has kept record of several cases of Palestinian refugees coming from GCC countries who have had their applications for humanitarian asylum rebuffed in Sweden. In many cases, authorities have pushed them back to Gulf States but the latter refused to let them in.
Official Swedish statistics have indicated that 3,296 Palestinian asylum-seekers categorized as “stateless” received citizenship documents in Sweden in 2019.
Since mid-July 2016, the Swedish authorities suspended permanent visa procedures for holders of temporary protection cards.
Over the past few years, thousands of Palestinian and Syrian refugees, among other migrants, who have applied for asylum in Sweden were granted two-year visas.
Eligibility criteria set by the Swedish authorities include a well-paid work contract valid for a minimum of two years and which enters into force before the expiration of the temporary visa. The employer should submit a recruitment declaration at the Swedish tax authority, taking into consideration the conditions defined by the national trade unions.
Those aged below 25 should be holders of secondary school diplomas from Sweden or other foreign institutions.
