The ODA reporting in expenditure area 8 ‘Migration’ – a total of SEK 1 380 million in 2019 (Table 1) – was based on the fact that an average of 10 331 asylum seekers who met the OECD DAC aid criteria were registered in the Swedish Migration Agency’s reception system. The average cost per asylum seeker per year was therefore SEK 134 000 or SEK 366 per day. In comparison, the total number of people registered in the Swedish Migration Agency’s reception system, including those who did not meet the OECD DAC aid criteria, was 45 255 people (including people with final and non-appealable rejections).<br />The ODA reporting for expenditure area 14 ‘Labour market and working life’ – a total of SEK 653 million – for introduction benefit covered costs for an average of 1 240 former asylum seekers, 1 910 people in need of protection who are family members of former asylum seekers, and 3 800 quota refugees. So the average cost per individual in these groups was SEK 94 000 or SEK 257 per day. Also included in the ODA reporting – for 2019 but not subsequent years – was compensation to municipalities according to the standard amount for quota refugees (SEK 450 million) for 5 004 people, which corresponds to SEK 90 000 per individual or SEK 246 per day. The difference between the number of quota refugees receiving introduction benefit (3 800) and the number of quota refugees for whom the municipalities receive compensation in accordance with the standard amount (5 004) is due to the fact that compensation to the municipalities is given for all ages and also for those who are not registered on Arbetsförmedlingen’s introduction programmes, e.g. people on parental leave, whereas introduction benefit is only given for registered people between the age of 20 and 64.<br />The total cost per capita for the reception of asylum seekers and people in need of protection (‘in-donor refugee costs’) in 2019 therefore amounted to (1 380 + 653 + 450) / 10.33 = SEK 240, with the 10.33 in the calculation referring to the size of Sweden’s population in 2019.