DEFENDING
DEMOCRACY IN EXILE
Policy Responses to
Transnational Repression
Kammarkollegiet, [Legal, Financial and Administrative Services Agency],
“Tolkanvändningen i staten Så skapar bristande kvalitetskrav brist på
auktoriserade,” [The use of interpreters in the state: This is how lack of quality
requirements creates shortages on authorized interpreters], Document
reference 1.1-04774-2017, November 2017.
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“Swedish Migration Agency: Interpreters engage in refugee espionage,”
Dagens Nyheter, January 30, 2016, https://www.dn.se/nyheter/sverige/
migrationsverket-tolkar-agnar-sig-at-flyktingspionage/.
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“Turkey: Transnational Repression Case Study,” Nate Schenkkan and
Isabel Linzer, Out of Sight, Not Out of Reach: The Global Scale and Scope of
Transnational Repression, (Washington, DC: Freedom House, February 2021),
https://freedomhouse.org/report/transnational-repression/turkey.
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The Swedish Migration Agency, “Prövning av skyddsbehov för personer
från Uzbekistan,” [Testing the protection needs of people from Uzbekistan],
Document reference RA/136/2021, May 31, 2021, https://lifos.migrationsverket.se/
dokument?documentSummaryId=45592.
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The Swedish Migration Agency, “Prövning av ansökningar om
internationellt skydd m.m. för medborgare i Turkiet, [Examination of
applications for international protection for citizens of Turkey],” Document
reference RS/012/2020, July 2, 2020, https://lifos.migrationsverket.se/
dokument?documentSummaryId=45670.
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Learn more about transnational repression and view the full report online
by visiting www.freedomhouse.org/report/transnational-repression.
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