Anna Kinberg Batra. Photo: Magnus Hjalmarson Neideman

The leader of the conservative Moderate Party, Anna Kinberg Batra, wants a new cross-party deal to improve the country's refugee reception.

Kinberg Batra wants the Migration Agency to be able to put up tents or other temporary accommodation without having to wait for building permits. She argues that this would also mean that fewer building plans get appealed.

"The situation in Malmö is desperate. People are sleeping on floors, and some even outdoors, and it's only getting colder. Under these circumstances, it doesn't make sense that it takes months to get a building permit," Kinberg Batra...