The Aliens Appeals Board has decided to stay the removal order for Selvete after a new submission by her lawyer, Eva Linda Sederholm and appeals from a number of individuals and organisations including the Swedish Network of Asylum and Refugee Support Groups (FARR). Selvete is no longer in custody and is now staying with her brother.
The Aliens Appeals Board has two options.
It can decide that Selvete's case will be heard in Sweden. If so her application will be sent back to the Immigration Board for proper consideration and it is likely that she will be granted a temporary permit of 11 months in accordance with the recent ordinance on temporary protection for people expelled from Kosovo.
The second option is to uphold the Immigration Board's decision to send her to Hungary. If this is done then it should take place quite soon since the chances of Hungary accepting her back are weaker the longer she is in Sweden.

As an applicant state to the European Union Hungary has had to impose migration control instruments in advance that are in line with EU norms even though these norms can only apply legally for full members. The Secretary of State for migration, Gun-Britt Andersson, confirmed this at a recent meeting in Linköping on May 9 and stated that within the European Union the Dublin Convention regulates responsibility for determining asylum claims but that it does not apply with regard to Hungary.
The Dublin Conventions has clauses allowing a country to assume responsibility for an asylum application even though it is not its formal responsibility according to the basic principles of the convention. This can be done if there are strong humanitarian grounds.
The chairman of FARR pointed out that if Hungary is expected to implement the European Union's migration principles in advance why can't Sweden apply the principles of the Dublin Convention in advance in Selvete's case. The secretary of state responded: That is a very good point from FARR.

Michael Williams, chairman of FARR

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