The Swedish Migration Agency (SMA) conducted two major studies as part of its effort to ensure legally secure, efficient and high-quality procedures. These studies incorporated feedback from previous audits carried out by the State Treasury (available here) and the National Audit Office (available here).
Approximately 1,500 cases from 2024 and 2025 were reviewed, focusing on how applications were assessed and the decisions made, including both approvals and rejections.
The findings show a high level of consistency between regions in the assessment of asylum applications. Approximately 83% of the reviewed cases were considered correctly assessed throughout the entire process.
The SMA is also implementing additional measures to further improve quality. These include enhanced reporting with relevant metrics of legal quality, analysis of consistency in decision-making and the introduction of new working methods to provide better support and guidance on country decisions.
Efforts are also underway to strengthen the handling of LGBTIQ and conversion cases through skills development, workshops and implementation of new EU methodological support.
- Swedish Migration Agency | Migrationsverket (2 March, 2026), Prövningen av asyl och medborgarskap har följts upp [The assessment of asylum and citizenship cases has been followed-up],