Rickard Olseke
@migration.se
Independent Expert on European migration and asylum policy – based in Stockholm 🇸🇪
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Rickard Olseke
@migration.se
· Dec 11
Dubbelfel av Magdalena Andersson | Dagens Arena
Magdalena Andersson gör dubbelfel i migrationsdebatten. Men Socialdemokraterna kan välja en annan väg, skriver Rickard Olseke.
www.dagensarena.se
I dag skriver jag om Magdalena Anderssons (S) dubbelfel i migrationsdebatten – det finns en annan väg än att utmåla människor på flykt som ett hot mot Sverige.
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27 November 1925 | A Dutch Jewish woman, Jeanette van Geldern, was born in Rheden.
In September 1943 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
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Women at Auschwitz
Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/
Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8
In September 1943 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
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Women at Auschwitz
Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/
Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8
November 27, 2025 at 6:00 AM
27 November 1925 | A Dutch Jewish woman, Jeanette van Geldern, was born in Rheden.
In September 1943 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
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Women at Auschwitz
Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/
Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8
In September 1943 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
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Women at Auschwitz
Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/
Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8
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Governments across Europe are making decisions on migration laws on the basis of upcoming elections, rather than on the reality says @gonzalofanjul.bsky.social My report on Europe's changing asylum landscape on @theworld.org also f/t @migrationpolicy.bsky.social Listen: theworld.org/segments/202...
Europe's asylum landscape has transformed in 10 years - The World from PRX
Britain is preparing a sweeping overhaul of its asylum system, a shift reportedly modeled in part on Denmark, home to some of the EU’s toughest migration laws. The move comes as governments across Eur...
theworld.org
November 26, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Governments across Europe are making decisions on migration laws on the basis of upcoming elections, rather than on the reality says @gonzalofanjul.bsky.social My report on Europe's changing asylum landscape on @theworld.org also f/t @migrationpolicy.bsky.social Listen: theworld.org/segments/202...
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Commission won’t lead talks on ‘return hubs,’ EU migration chief says
Commission won’t lead talks on ‘return hubs,’ EU migration chief says
That responsibly lies with EU capitals, Magnus Brunner said in an interview with Euractiv, as Brussels pushes ahead with an overhaul of the bloc's returns system
dlvr.it
November 27, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Commission won’t lead talks on ‘return hubs,’ EU migration chief says
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The EU's Court of Justice has confirmed that beneficiaries of temporary protection in the EU must be allowed to apply for other forms of protection.
Analysis of the judgment, by Dr Meltem Ineli Ciger: eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/11/misr...
Analysis of the judgment, by Dr Meltem Ineli Ciger: eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/11/misr...
EU Law Analysis
Misreading the Temporary Protection Directive? The CJEU sets the record straight on access to subsidiary protection in Framholm (C-195/25)...
eulawanalysis.blogspot.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:41 PM
The EU's Court of Justice has confirmed that beneficiaries of temporary protection in the EU must be allowed to apply for other forms of protection.
Analysis of the judgment, by Dr Meltem Ineli Ciger: eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/11/misr...
Analysis of the judgment, by Dr Meltem Ineli Ciger: eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/11/misr...
Är Johan Britz Sverigedemokraternas representant i Liberalerna? 🤔
Bakslag för partiledningen – L vill höja dagersättning för asylsökande - Ekot
Liberalernas ledning åkte oväntat på flera bakslag när migrationspolitiken debatterades på landsmötet. Ombuden har bland annat beslutat att dagersättningen ...
www.sverigesradio.se
November 25, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Är Johan Britz Sverigedemokraternas representant i Liberalerna? 🤔
Reposted by Rickard Olseke
Combatting the far right by implementing their migration policy?
Sad story that can end badly. www.dw.com/en/german-in...
Sad story that can end badly. www.dw.com/en/german-in...
German Interior Minister: 'My migration course is tough' – DW – 11/19/2025
In an interview with DW, German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said he wanted but crack down harder on what he calls the "abuse" of asylum law. Will this curb the success of the far-right AfD p...
www.dw.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Combatting the far right by implementing their migration policy?
Sad story that can end badly. www.dw.com/en/german-in...
Sad story that can end badly. www.dw.com/en/german-in...
"Sverige ska inte tävla mot botten", skriver @karinp.bsky.social dagen efter.
Sverige ska inte tävla mot botten
25 NOVEMBER 2015. Migration
www.aftonbladet.se
November 25, 2025 at 7:06 AM
"Sverige ska inte tävla mot botten", skriver @karinp.bsky.social dagen efter.
"Golahmad känner sig ensam i Sverige – hoppas på återvandringsbidraget".
Golahmad känner sig ensam i Sverige – hoppas på återvandringsbidraget
Regeringen har beslutat att höja återvandringsbidraget från årsskiftet. 67-årige Golahmad Jamili, som för sju år sedan flydde till Sverige, ser positivt på beslutet. Han har idag en dröm om att återvä...
www.svt.se
November 25, 2025 at 6:59 AM
"Golahmad känner sig ensam i Sverige – hoppas på återvandringsbidraget".
Lova Olsson rapporterar om den flyktingvänliga opinionen i Sverige.
Blandade reaktioner från partierna om opinion om flyktingar - Ekot
Att den flyktingvänliga opinionen i Sverige har stärkts betydligt på bara ett halvår väcker skilda reaktioner hos de politiska partierna.
www.sverigesradio.se
November 23, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Lova Olsson rapporterar om den flyktingvänliga opinionen i Sverige.
18-åriga Ruiqi riskerar utvisning till Kina.
18-åriga Ruiqi utvisas till Kina – hennes mamma får stanna - P4 Jämtland
18-åriga Ruiqi Zhou i Östersund riskerar utvisning till Kina, trots att hennes mamma har fått permanent uppehållstillstånd. Nu är framtiden osäker för ...
www.sverigesradio.se
November 23, 2025 at 10:25 AM
18-åriga Ruiqi riskerar utvisning till Kina.
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The ‘Danish model’ is the darling of centre-left parties like Labour. The problem is, it doesn’t even work in Denmark | Cas Mudde
The ‘Danish model’ is the darling of centre-left parties like Labour. The problem is, it doesn’t even work in Denmark | Cas Mudde
This week’s local elections are the latest reminder that when social democrats move rightwards, they’re making a mistake, says academic and author Cas Mudde
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:47 AM
The ‘Danish model’ is the darling of centre-left parties like Labour. The problem is, it doesn’t even work in Denmark | Cas Mudde
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Att försvåra möjligheterna att få permanent uppehållstillstånd minskade sysselsättningen i Danmark.
Kanske läge att förenkla reglerna för permanent uppehållstillstånd om vi vill förbättra integrationen.
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Kanske läge att förenkla reglerna för permanent uppehållstillstånd om vi vill förbättra integrationen.
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Permanent Residency and Refugee Immigrants’ Skill Investment | Journal of Labor Economics: Vol 43, No 2
We analyze an immigration reform in Denmark that tightened refugee immigrants’ eligibility criteria for permanent residency to incentivize their labor market attachment and acquisition of local langua...
www.journals.uchicago.edu
November 21, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Att försvåra möjligheterna att få permanent uppehållstillstånd minskade sysselsättningen i Danmark.
Kanske läge att förenkla reglerna för permanent uppehållstillstånd om vi vill förbättra integrationen.
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Kanske läge att förenkla reglerna för permanent uppehållstillstånd om vi vill förbättra integrationen.
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Another case for @daniel.asylbyran.se
Birthday shock: Dalya opens deportation letter on 19th birthday
Nineteen-year-old Dalya Jaf, who lives in Jörn and has spent more than half her life in Sweden, is facing deportation to Iraq. Her classmates have...
www.norran.se
November 21, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Another case for @daniel.asylbyran.se
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"I september-oktober 2015, då tusentals asylsökande anlände varje vecka, noterade den flyktingvänliga opinionen all time high och de flyktingfientliga var färre än någonsin."
Jag gör upp med myterna om 2015.
www.hd.se/kultur/tio-a...
Jag gör upp med myterna om 2015.
www.hd.se/kultur/tio-a...
KRÖNIKA: Tio år sedan Romsons tårar: så regeras landet utifrån lögnen om 2015
Det var inte svensk ”generositet” som skapade flyktingvågen och det var inte den nya utlänningslagen som stoppade den.
www.hd.se
November 18, 2025 at 8:02 PM
"I september-oktober 2015, då tusentals asylsökande anlände varje vecka, noterade den flyktingvänliga opinionen all time high och de flyktingfientliga var färre än någonsin."
Jag gör upp med myterna om 2015.
www.hd.se/kultur/tio-a...
Jag gör upp med myterna om 2015.
www.hd.se/kultur/tio-a...
Reposted by Rickard Olseke
Sverige har knappt haft nån flyktingmottagning sedan 2015 - men svenskarna vill ändå minska den ytterligare. Inte konstigt efter ett decennium där politikerna skyllt precis alla brister i samhället på just invandringen.
www.vf.se/2024/11/26/e...
www.vf.se/2024/11/26/e...
Ledare: ”Färre flyktingar”, kräver väljarna – men har förmodligen noll koll på hur många som kommit
Det är som att väljarna missat att Sverige knappt haft en flyktingmottagning sedan 2015.
www.vf.se
November 26, 2024 at 10:06 AM
Sverige har knappt haft nån flyktingmottagning sedan 2015 - men svenskarna vill ändå minska den ytterligare. Inte konstigt efter ett decennium där politikerna skyllt precis alla brister i samhället på just invandringen.
www.vf.se/2024/11/26/e...
www.vf.se/2024/11/26/e...
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Asylum is not "illegal migration"
Let's start from here theconversation.com/asylum-is-no...
Let's start from here theconversation.com/asylum-is-no...
Asylum is not illegal migration – why the UK government shouldn’t conflate the two
The new proposals transform settlement into something that must be continually earned. The path has become longer, more conditional and far more easily disrupted.
theconversation.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Asylum is not "illegal migration"
Let's start from here theconversation.com/asylum-is-no...
Let's start from here theconversation.com/asylum-is-no...
Reposted by Rickard Olseke
No part of Ukraine is safe.
The recent aerial strikes on Ternopil, Lviv, and Ivano-Frankivsk are among the deadliest in western Ukraine since the war began.
The recent aerial strikes on Ternopil, Lviv, and Ivano-Frankivsk are among the deadliest in western Ukraine since the war began.
November 20, 2025 at 12:12 PM
No part of Ukraine is safe.
The recent aerial strikes on Ternopil, Lviv, and Ivano-Frankivsk are among the deadliest in western Ukraine since the war began.
The recent aerial strikes on Ternopil, Lviv, and Ivano-Frankivsk are among the deadliest in western Ukraine since the war began.
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Across Europe, politicians promise to “stop illegal migration” as if it were a problem that comes from the outside.
What if irregular migration is not something that happens despite the system, but because of it?
#EUmigration #ShabanaMahmood
politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/how-eur...
What if irregular migration is not something that happens despite the system, but because of it?
#EUmigration #ShabanaMahmood
politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/how-eur...
How Europe’s Migration Rules Keep Creating the “Irregular Migrants” They Claim to Catch
What if irregular migration is not something that happens despite the system, but because of it?
politicalquarterly.org.uk
November 20, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Across Europe, politicians promise to “stop illegal migration” as if it were a problem that comes from the outside.
What if irregular migration is not something that happens despite the system, but because of it?
#EUmigration #ShabanaMahmood
politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/how-eur...
What if irregular migration is not something that happens despite the system, but because of it?
#EUmigration #ShabanaMahmood
politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/how-eur...
Riksrevisionen: Brister i styrning och uppföljning av förvarsverksamheten.
Brister i styrning och uppföljning av förvarsverksamheten
Migrationsverket och Polismyndigheten får besluta att en person ska tas i förvar. Riksrevisionens granskning visar att detta arbete brister, bland annat när det gäller prioritering av vem som ska tas ...
www.riksrevisionen.se
November 20, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Riksrevisionen: Brister i styrning och uppföljning av förvarsverksamheten.
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CJEU, asylum law
New judgment: If beneficiaries of temporary protection (having fled the invasion of Ukraine) apply for subsidiary protection, Member States can't treat that application as inadmissible and refuse to consider it on the merits - curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...
New judgment: If beneficiaries of temporary protection (having fled the invasion of Ukraine) apply for subsidiary protection, Member States can't treat that application as inadmissible and refuse to consider it on the merits - curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...
CURIA - Documents
curia.europa.eu
November 20, 2025 at 10:00 AM
CJEU, asylum law
New judgment: If beneficiaries of temporary protection (having fled the invasion of Ukraine) apply for subsidiary protection, Member States can't treat that application as inadmissible and refuse to consider it on the merits - curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...
New judgment: If beneficiaries of temporary protection (having fled the invasion of Ukraine) apply for subsidiary protection, Member States can't treat that application as inadmissible and refuse to consider it on the merits - curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...
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Osäkerhet främjar inte integration, skriver Jenny Skarland med flera.
”Osäkerhet främjar inte integration”
DEBATT. Sverige riskerar att få en stor grupp individer som tvingas leva i permanent osäkerhet med tidsbegränsade tillstånd. Förstår regeringen konsekvenserna av förslagen? undrar fem advokater.
www.svd.se
November 18, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Osäkerhet främjar inte integration, skriver Jenny Skarland med flera.
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What is the UN refugee agency’s “route-based approach” for refugees and migrants? #UNHCR ⬇️
buff.ly/sCEm61f
buff.ly/sCEm61f
Can talking about migrants and returns protect refugee rights?
Can talking about migrants and returns protect refugee rights? Unpacking UNHCR’s new “route-based” strategy.
www.thenewhumanitarian.org
November 17, 2025 at 4:57 PM
What is the UN refugee agency’s “route-based approach” for refugees and migrants? #UNHCR ⬇️
buff.ly/sCEm61f
buff.ly/sCEm61f
Michala Clante Bendixen sends a Danish warning to the UK – @lbc.co.uk
I work with refugees in Denmark - copying our asylum system will backfire on Britain | LBC
Creating barriers that are impossible to overcome and a hostile approach to newcomers and minorities will backfire on any country, writes Michala Clante Benedixen
www.lbc.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Michala Clante Bendixen sends a Danish warning to the UK – @lbc.co.uk
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"Mahmood said a raft of tough immigration controls were designed to unlock “the inherent openness, tolerance and generosity” of the British people."
Such nauseating shamelessness.
Such nauseating shamelessness.
Mahmood’s new asylum plan: when home is ‘safe’, we’ll send you back | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 8:26 AM
"Mahmood said a raft of tough immigration controls were designed to unlock “the inherent openness, tolerance and generosity” of the British people."
Such nauseating shamelessness.
Such nauseating shamelessness.