Detention in Sweden

Detention, time and trial

If you are locked in in a detention you always have the right to legal representative about that you have been taken in detention. This means that you get a lawyer or attorney that works with if you should be kept in detention or be released. If you not say that you want to chose who will represent you directly when the police takes you they or the Migration Office will give you an attorney or lawyer.  If you are not happy with your legal representative it is normally hard to change afterwards.

To be taken in detention in Sweden means that you can be locked in without time limit. The decision is retried every eighth week. You have no right to leave the detention. First there is a negotiation with you and the police, this is often made directly in  the detention.

Do not talk to the police without your legal representative. The police can try to make you say things that will make it harder for you to get out. The police decision can be appealed to the Court of Migration. You can ask your legal representative to do this. You can also say that you want to talk in the court. You always have the right to get your case tried by the Migration Court, but you do not always get to talk yourself.
After the Court of Migration you can appeal to the Supreme Court of Migration. Only a small percentage of all cases is taken up by the Supreme Court of Migration.

Isolation and visits

When you are in detention in Sweden you have the right to use internet, have mobile phone and to have visitors. They do not allow cameras or mobile phones with cameras. Contact organisations or persons that can support you! It might be easier if you get visits and someone can bring things you need from outside, but you also maybe need support and advice in the legal process. Sometimes there is also hunger strikes and protests inside the detentions, then it can be good with contacts outside the detentions to tell and get help with spreading the information about the uprisings.