A Handbook for Asylum seekers in sweden - Tema asyl & integration
A Handbook for Asylum seekers in sweden - Tema asyl & integration
A Handbook for Asylum seekers in sweden - Tema asyl & integration
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get them. You can always submit them to the Migration Board after apply<strong>in</strong>g <strong>for</strong><strong>asyl</strong>um. When you contact the Swedish Migration Board, the follow<strong>in</strong>g must besubmitted:• Name, age• Nationality• Identification papers (if present)• F<strong>in</strong>gerpr<strong>in</strong>ts/photograph• Applicants may also be subject to a language test <strong>in</strong> order to ascerta<strong>in</strong> theirnationality or ethnic groupIt is very important that you establish your needs <strong>for</strong> protection from the beg<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g,tell the truth about your situation and that you submit your identificationdocuments if you have any. It is also important that you as early as possible tellabout possible family members abroad.Through an <strong>in</strong>terpreter, the <strong>asyl</strong>um seeker is given <strong>in</strong><strong>for</strong>mation about:• Your right to legal support (a lawyer).• <strong>Asylum</strong> regulations, the Dubl<strong>in</strong> Regulation, Schengen system.• Daily allowances, language classes, work, health care.• Respect <strong>for</strong> national laws/regulations.• Secrecy and the right to collect <strong>in</strong><strong>for</strong>mation about <strong>asyl</strong>um <strong>seekers</strong> fromgovernments and organizations.• Return to home country if <strong>asyl</strong>um application proves unsuccessful.The <strong>asyl</strong>um seeker undergoes a voluntary medical check up paid <strong>for</strong> by the SwedishMigration Board. The <strong>asyl</strong>um seeker is also issued a general id-card knownas LMA-kort (LMA=’’Lagen om mottagande av <strong>asyl</strong>sökande”) with some personaldetails and photo of the holder on it.After this <strong>in</strong>itial contact the person has two options. He/she can either staywith families, relatives and friends (<strong>in</strong>dependent hous<strong>in</strong>g/EBO) or stay <strong>in</strong> oneof the receptions centres (hous<strong>in</strong>g) provided by the Swedish Migration Board(ABO). If the <strong>asyl</strong>um seeker chooses the first option then he/she leaves after giv<strong>in</strong>gcontact details of the address where he/she is go<strong>in</strong>g to stay.Unaccompanied m<strong>in</strong>or <strong>asyl</strong>um <strong>seekers</strong> under 18 years old(ensamkommande barn)Unaccompanied m<strong>in</strong>or <strong>asyl</strong>um <strong>seekers</strong> are processed under the normal refugeedeterm<strong>in</strong>ation procedure. Upon their arrival <strong>in</strong> Sweden, they are appo<strong>in</strong>ted botha guardian and a legal representative. The task of the guardian, a so-called “goodA <strong>Handbook</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Asylum</strong> Seekers <strong>in</strong> Sweden | 13
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