residence permit in Sweden. If the person can support him/herself, they can be granted a permanent residence permit” (ibid). While the temporary law was a response to concerns related to the increased numbers of asylum seekers, the SMA have been explicit in what this means with regard to these new arrivals ability to naturalise as Swedish citizens in the future. Due to the requirement that the applicant for citizenship has a permanent residence permit “This [temporary measure] means that the large number of asylum seekers who came to Sweden last autumn [2015] can only become Swedish citizens in a few years, providing they have permanent residence permits” [emphasis added] (Migrationsverket, 2016c). In the past, the requirement to hold a permanent residence permit for naturalisation has been successfully challenged (Migrationsöverdomstolen, 2008). In this case it was decided that the applicant had intended to permanently stay in Sweden form the date of application for asylum, even though the applicant only received temporary residence. This was because at the time, an application for asylum was an application for permeant residence, thus it was successfully argued that it was always his intention to permanently reside in Sweden. However, refugees who have arrived after the temporary law was introduced are not applying for permanent residence, but only temporary residence. Thus, it remains unclear what the impacts of this temporary asylum law will be on refugees’ ability to acquire citizenship if they are unable to acquire permanent residence. The temporary asylum law essentially could put citizenship further out of reach for refugees granted this temporary status, eroding the usefulness of Section 11 of the Swedish Citizenship Act, which saw many refugees (stateless or otherwise) naturalised after four years. Those with temporary residence permits now have certain criteria to meet to secure permanent residence, including selfsufficiency or educational attainment (Migrationsverket, 2016d). This is essentially the introduction of new naturalisation criteria specifically targeted at refugees who arrived after the 20th of July 2016, except for unaccompanied minors or families with minors. This is similar to the Danish law which restricts access to citizenship in part through restricting access to permanent residence permits. Given that Sweden does not grant the right of residence to a person based solely on a person’s statelessness, such restrictions on access to permanent residence could lead to some stateless refugees seeing their right to temporary protection cease, though without being offered any other form of status. This will present Sweden with a new challenge. While previously all refugee received permanent residence, now the authorities will have to begin to consider cessation of