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Published more: 2020-10-05 06:53 | SR - SVERIGES RADIO

Asylum seekers' accommodation rules challenged by municipalities again

The Social Democrat mayor of Malmö, Katrin Stjernfeldt Jammeh.

Lyssna: Asylum seekers' accommodation rules under fire again

Several Social Democrat-led municipalities have raised new objections to the so-called EBO law, under which asylum seekers can arrange, and receive allowance for, independent housing while they wait for the Swedish Migration Agency to process their asylum applications.

They want to once again exempt whole municipalities from the law, not just areas within their "kommun". That would mean asylum seekers would not be able to arrange accommodation and at the same time claim benefits, in the whole of Malmö, for example. This despite stricter...