Accommodation
The municipality is responsible for arranging accommodation that suits you and your needs.
Accommodation right after you arrive in Sweden
When you apply for protection, the Swedish Migration Agency will contact the municipality, which will arrange temporary accommodation for you. After a few days or weeks, you will find out which municipality will have long-term responsibility for you and make sure that you can go to school and get the support you need during your time in Sweden
If you have relatives or friends in Sweden with whom you want to live (or if you want to live near them), you should tell the Swedish Migration Agency or the municipality as soon as possible.
You can live in different kinds of places
The municipality is responsible for finding you good accommodation. There are different kinds of accommodation arrangements. For example, you could live with relatives or friends, with a family that takes children and young people in need of help into their home, or together with other young people in a home where there are staff to help you.
If you want to live with relatives in Sweden, the social services in the municipality where you are placed must approve this arrangement. Before social services makes a decision, they will investigate whether the family is able to take care of you.
If something happens that makes you feel unsafe where you live, tell your guardian or social worker immediately.