“The migration board is pressed by the reduced resources”

“the migration board has managed to short processing times. But the agency is squeezed by the tighter budget and fewer employees.”

“the Queues reduction in 2018 in the areas of work permits, asylum, student and matters regarding reunification. The Swedish migration board, with 350 000 pending cases has met its targets, according to a press release.”

“at the same time, the work’s budget during the year was sek 800 million lower than in 2017, which corresponds to 11% of the budget. The number of employees has gone from about 8,000 to more than 6,000.”

“a Conversion to a smaller business will continue to 2019, and the authority is planning to provide five locations.”

“Then in the fall going on pilotförsöket Asylum 360. The aim is to streamline and customize the asylum application on the basis of the current situation with lower levels and greater predictability.”

“in Total, the migration board has during the 2018 decidedly 350 000 cases.”

“In the five most common ärendekategorierna it has looked like this – forecast in parentheses:”

“Work 78 700 (78 000).”

“Related 76 900 (78 000).”

“Citizenship 61 000 (61 000).”

“Studies 22 800 (24 000).”

“Source: The Swedish migration board”