Ylva Johansson (S) is the threat of sanctions against municipalities that do not receive the new arrivals.
– We are prepared to take the measures necessary for the law to be followed, said the minister.
ministry of Labour and etableringsminister Ylva Johansson, held today a press briefing on the local government difficulties in receiving asylum seekers.
Then in march of this year, must all of Sweden’s municipalities to receive new arrivals – something that has been criticised from several local politicians, referring to the housing shortage.
Ylva Johansson has the understanding that it is a strained situation in the municipalities. The pardon, however, not to refuse to receive.
– It is not acceptable that the municipality does not comply with the law. So we can’t have it. We shall take the measures necessary for it to work, ” says Johansson.
The municipalities that continue to refuse can be punished economically.
– I am prepared to impose sanctions, ” says Ylva Johansson.
On the question of what form of penalties which can be current, she answers:
– The most common is economic sanctions, but I don’t want to have a situation where one buys oneself free. A law based on that they follow it.
in Order to facilitate the municipalities ‘ reception of new arrivals, the government proposes that the municipalities should have a longer period from anvisningsbeslut to the host. For 2016 is extended from two to four months.
– I give them a few more months. But I am absolutely prepared to face sanctions, ” says Ylva Johansson.
the Swedish migration board shall also make a new estimate of how many new arrivals that municipalities will receive over the next year. The authority shall give greater consideration to how many people who already live in the municipality in private accommodation.
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