Countries
1: Africa.
2: Americas.
3: Asia-Pacific.
4: Europe.
- 4.1: Belgium.
- 4.2: Bulgaria.
- 4.3: Cyprus.
- 4.4: Czech Republic.
- 4.5: Denmark.
- 4.6: Estonia.
- 4.7: Finland.
- 4.8: France.
- 4.9: Greece.
- 4.10: Hungary.
- 4.11: Ireland.
- 4.12: Italy.
- 4.13: Latvia.
- 4.14: Lithuania.
- 4.15: Luxembourg.
- 4.16: Malta.
- 4.17: Netherlands.
- 4.18: Poland.
- 4.19: Portugal.
- 4.20: Romania.
- 4.21: Slovakia.
- 4.22: Slovenia.
- 4.23: Spain.
- 4.24: Sweden.
  - 4.24.1: Introduction.
  - 4.24.2: List of Detention Sites.
  - 4.24.3: Map of Detention Sites .
  - 4.24.4: Country Links.
  - 4.24.5: Reference List.
- 4.25: Turkey.
- 4.26: Ukraine.
- 4.27: United Kingdom.
5: Middle East .

Quick Facts

Dedicated immigration detention sites: 5 (2009)

Detention capacity at dedicated facilities: 185 (2008)

Total no. of persons detained: 1,645 (2008)

Maximum length of detention: No limit

Estimated undocumented population: 30,000-50,000 (2009)

Asylum seekers: 24,099 (end 2008)

Annual number of deportation orders: 2,671 (2008)

Country Links

Last updated: December 2009

Sweden Country Profile

Reference List

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Council of Europe. 1992. Report to the Swedish Government on the visit to Sweden carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment from 5 to 14 May 1991. Strasbourg, 12 March 1992. http://www.cpt.coe.int/documents/swe/1992-04-inf-eng.pdf (accessed 29 October 2009)
Council of Europe. 1999. Report to the Swedish Government on the visit to Sweden carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 15 to 25 February 1998. Strasbourg, 25 February 1999. http://www.cpt.coe.int/documents/swe/1999-04-inf-eng.pdf (accessed 19 October 2009)
Council of Europe. 2009. Preliminary observations made by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment which visited Sweden from 9 to 18 June 2009. Strasbourg, 23 July 2009. http://www.cpt.coe.int/documents/swe/2009-23-inf-eng.pdf (accessed 29 October 2009)
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Swedish Migration Board. 2005. Årsderovisning 2004. Swedish Migration Board. http://www.migrationsverket.se/download/18.56e4f4801246221d25680001013/arr2004.pdf (accessed 15 December 2009)
Swedish Migration Board. 2006a. Årsderovisning 2005. Swedish Migration Board: February 2006. http://www.migrationsverket.se/download/18.56e4f4801246221d25680001012/arr2005.pdf (accessed 15 December 2009)
Swedish Migration Board. 2006b. “Detention and Supervision.” Information sheet, March 2006. http://www.migrationsverket.se/download/18.770892be1248035046b80003325/forvar_en.pdf (accessed 10 December 2009)
Swedish Migration Board. 2007. Slutrapport: Arbetet med den tillfälliga utlänningslagstiftningen 2005-2006. Bilaga till Årsredovisning 2006. Swedish Migration Board: January 2007. http://www.migrationsverket.se/infomaterial/om_verket/ek_redovisningar/arr_2006_bilaga.pdf (accessed 30 November 2009)
Swedish Migration Board. 2008. Årsderovisning 2007. Swedish Migration Board: February 2008. http://www.migrationsverket.se/download/18.56e4f4801246221d25680001010/arr_2007.pdf (accessed 15 December 2009)
Swedish Migration Board. 2009a. Årsderovisning 2008. Swedish Migration Board: February 2009. http://www.migrationsverket.se/download/18.56e4f4801246221d25680001007/arr_2008.pdf (accessed 15 December 2009)
Swedish Migration Board. 2009b. “History of the Swedish Migration.” http://www.migrationsverket.se/english.html (accessed 29 October 2009)
Swedish Migration Board. 2009c. "Besök oss" http://www.migrationsverket.se/info/31.html (accessed 4 December 2009)
Swedish Migration Board 2009d. “Financial Support.” http://www.migrationsverket.se/info/1631_en.html (accessed 15 December 2009)
Swedish Migration Board 2009e. “Facts and figures 2008.” http://www.migrationsverket.se/infomaterial/om_verket/oh/ohstatistik_en.pdf (accessed 30 November 2009)
Winiarski, Michael. 2004. “Rymningar ökar från låsta förvar av asylsökande.” Dagens Nyheter, 16 October 2004. http://www.dn.se/nyheter/sverige/rymningar-okar-fran-lasta-forvar-av-asylsokande-1.316866 (accessed 5 November 2009)