The riksdag has decided that the legislation should be tough

"”Parliament has decided that the legislation should be tough”"

"Despite the fact that the migration court believes that the end is given as forced Leile de Souza Holmström away from his three-month-old daughter."

"the Process to apply for a residence permit on the new can take over a year."

"– In certain situations, the affected people of the consequences of which are unnecessary and cumbersome, " says chefsrådmannen Fredrik Löndahl."

"the general Rule is that the who want to apply for a residence permit must do so before the trip to Sweden. "

"But it is possible to get the application approved even if the applicants are already in the country. For that to happen, however, that the tough conditions are met. "

"A weighty reason is if the person is pregnant or has children in Sweden. But in Leiles cases, the Swedish migration board and the migration court assessment that it is not enough. "

" I can't comment on the individual case. But generally it is so that it is not given to it enough to have a child, that request should be granted, " says Fredrik Löndahl, chefrådman at the migration court in Malmö."

"the Court: Not an unreasonable requirement."

"In the denial write the court to Leile would have been granted a residence permit if she had been in the home country. Nevertheless, it is not considered unreasonable to require that the new mother leave the country. "

"”Even with regard to the fact that it would entail some costs and practical difficulties and delay their return to Sweden, the court considers that it is not unreasonable to require that Leile de Souza Holmström return to the homeland”."

"the”Tough and square rules”"

"Chefsrådmannen Fredrik Löndahl admits that the rules of applying for a residence permit in Sweden is hard. "

" the Legislation is designed so that the government and parliament have decided that we should have a regulated immigration. Then we've got these tough and square rules, which in some situations make people suffer consequences that are unnecessary and cumbersome."

"do you Think that there is reason to change these provisions?"

" It's not my thing as a judge to have opinions about it. It is up to the members of the Swedish parliament to initiate a review if they believe there is a need of it, " says Fredrik Löndahl."