February 13, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Iraqis":
Analysis & Opinion: 12 Jan 12
The grieving father of a murdered 15-year-old, attempting to climb down into his dead son's grave, was a sombre reminder of the consequences of the escalating violence in southern Sweden, reports contributor Patrick Reilly.
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National: 11 Jan 12
Two men, aged 38 and 30, have been arrested in Malmö on suspicions of smuggling Iraqi citizens into Sweden using other people's Swedish passports.
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National: 6 Apr 11
A group of activists gathered outside of a Migration Board facility north of Gothenburg on Tuesday night in an attempt to halt another round of Iraqi deportations.
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Society: 18 Feb 11
Sweden's population continued to grow at the end of 2010, despite a drop in immigration for the first time since 2004.
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National: 16 Feb 11
Swedish police arrested 16 protesters on Tuesday night outside the Swedish Migration Board's asylum seeker detention centre in Kållered outside Gothenburg demonstrating against the expulsion of a group of Iraqis.
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Politics: 23 Jan 11
Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt and Migration Minister Tobias Billström's refusals to answer questions about a recent Wikileak released on Friday has fuelled sharp criticism from the opposition over the weekend.
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Politics: 21 Jan 11
A Green Party member is considering reporting Foreign Minister Carl Bildt and Migration Minister Tobias Billström to a parliamentary committee following a WikiLeak exposing statements that they made in 2007 about Iraqi refugees.
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National: 20 Jan 11
Despite widespread protests, Sweden deported 20 people back to Iraq on Wednesday after they had been denied asylum, police said.
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National: 19 Jan 11
Swedish police said they have released 24 of the 25 people who had protested outside an asylum seeker detention centre Stockholm early Wednesday, where they were reportedly trying to stop a mass deportation to Iraq.
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Politics: 18 Jan 11
The United Nations refugee agency on Tuesday criticised Sweden’s decision to deport 25 Iraqis back to their home country despite warnings about unsafe conditions there.
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National: 18 Jan 11
Police have arrested about 70 demonstrators who gathered outside the Swedish National Migration Board's (Migrationsverket) offices south of Gothenburg to prevent a group of Iraqis from being deported on Wednesday.
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National: 9 Jan 11
Iraq wants to put a stop to the forced deportation of Iraqis from Sweden after their asylum claims are rejected, but Sweden’s migration minister sees no reason to adjust the practice.
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National: 4 Jan 11
Figures from Sweden's Migration Board reveal a sharp increase in the number of people who sought asylum in Sweden in 2010.
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National: 22 Dec 10
Following recent criticism of the Sweden's decision to deport Christian Iraqis to Iraq, the government is set to demand that the Migration Board expand its knowledge of the conditions faced by religious minorities.
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National: 20 Dec 10
The Swedish population continued to grow in 2010, but at a slower pace than 2009, according to new official statistics.
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National: 19 Dec 10
The United Nations and Council of Europe have expressed concerns about Sweden’s decision to resume the deportation of Iraqis.
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National: 25 Nov 10
Sweden can resume deportations to Iraq, the migration authority has announced, following a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights to lift its suspension.
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National: 18 Nov 10
Iraqi soldiers are using Swedish-made anti-tank weapons after having received the equipment from the US military, in direct contravention of bilateral arms exports agreements, according to a media report.
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National: 17 Nov 10
A flight carrying deported Iraqi asylum seekers from Sweden back to Iraq has been cancelled following a request from the European Court of Human Rights that Sweden delay around 150 forced deportations.
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National: 7 Sep 10
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange announced on Tuesday that he would like to replace lawyer Leif Silbersky as his defence attorney.
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Science & Technology: 3 Sep 10
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's lawyer admitted on Friday that he does not know whether his client is still in Sweden.
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National: 6 Jul 10
Sweden is the most generous country in the EU when it comes to approving citizenship applications, according to a new report from Eurostat, the statistical office of the EU, on Tuesday.
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National: 10 Jun 10
Sweden deported 56 Iraqis to Bagdad on Wednesday in the face of stern criticism from the UN refugee agency.
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National: 9 Jun 10
Sweden was one of four European states warned by the UN refugee agency on Tuesday over plans to deport Iraqi refugees to Baghdad, underlining the continued nationwide security threats.
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National: 7 Mar 10
At least 26,000 Iraqis living in Sweden cast their absentee ballots at the weekend, ahead of the Iraqi general elections on Sunday. Some 80,000 Iraqis live in Sweden.
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National: 29 Jan 10
Latest figures from Statistics Sweden reveal that in the last 50 years the number of foreigners living in Sweden or people with two foreign-born parents has risen from four to nearly 20 percent.
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National: 21 Dec 09
Sweden's population grew more in 2009 than it has in any year since 1946, according to new figures from Statistics Sweden.
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National: 8 Dec 09
Sweden granted protection to 8,700 asylum seekers in 2008, with Iraqis accounting for almost half the total, according to new figures from EU statistics office Eurostat.
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National: 6 Nov 09
Sweden has decided to expand a programme which gives unsuccessful asylum seekers money to voluntarily return to their homelands, at the same time as the number of refugee applications continues to drop.
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National: 18 Aug 09
A Swedish gay rights organisation has called on the government not to deport any homosexual Iraqi asylum seekers in the light of a shocking new report categorising an extermination campaign against gay men in the Middle Eastern country.
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National: 16 Aug 09
The number of foreigners seeking asylum in Sweden has fallen by 17 percent in the first half of 2009, compared to the same period last year.
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National: 28 May 09
Shortcomings in Sweden’s refugee policies and the country’s dismal record at bringing reported rapes to trial have come in for criticism by Amnesty International in its 2008 annual report.
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National: 23 May 09
An Iraqi man who assisted the United States military during the war in Iraq has been granted asylum in Sweden.
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Society: 30 Mar 09
Three men and two women were formally charged on Monday for human smuggling on suspicions they helped transport 24 Iraqis into Sweden in return for large sums of money.
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National: 28 Mar 09
The first flight in 19 years to take off from Iraq bound for the European Union touched down in Stockholm on Friday evening.
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National: 20 Mar 09
Fewer people are seeking asylum in Sweden, with the number of applications dropping 33 percent last year, according to new statistics.
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Education: 10 Mar 09
The Swedish National Agency for Higher Education has issued a warning about two so-called fake universities operating in Sweden. Both universities offer courses up to and including doctoral level.
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Society: 18 Feb 09
More than 100,000 people emigrated to Sweden in 2008, marking the first time the country’s annual immigrant count hit six figures, according to new statistics.
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Analysis & Opinion: 3 Feb 09
Sweden could learn a lot from Canada and the UK when it comes to leveraging the power of entrepreneurship to help integrate immigrants, writes Nima Sanandaji of the Captus think tank.
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Politics: 14 Jan 09
Most of the thousands of Iraqis waiting for asylum in Sweden will likely have their applications rejected because of improved security conditions in the country.
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National: 18 Dec 08
Sweden’s foreign-born population is expected to reach 14 percent by the end of 2008, a year in which the country’s overall population had its greatest increase since 1970.
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Analysis & Opinion: 20 Nov 08
Sweden has deep historic ties with the United states, writes Olle Wästberg, director-general of the Swedish Institute. And even though some Americans mistakenly associate Sweden with the cuckoo clock, the relationship remains largely one of mutual understanding and respect.
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National: 13 Nov 08
Swedish government agencies allowed truck maker Scania to ignore United Nations sanctions in order to sell buses and trucks in Iraq in the early 2000s, Sveriges Radio reports.
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National: 2 Nov 08
The number of Iraqi asylum seekers going into hiding has increased seven-fold since 2006. A ruling by the Migration Court that Iraq is not in a state of civil war has made it harder for Iraqis to gain asylum.
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Society: 16 Oct 08
A Swedish town with a large concentration of Iraqi immigrants played host on Thursday to a unique fair designed to provide information about the United States to prospective job seekers.
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Politics: 25 Aug 08
More unsuccessful asylum seekers are going into hiding in Sweden, new figures from the Migration Board show. Tighter rules permitting authorities to send back more refugees from war-torn countries are given the blame.
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Society: 19 Aug 08
A financial incentive scheme encouraging asylum seekers to return to their homelands has been abused by hundreds of Iraqi refugees, Swedish authorities believe.
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Society: 14 Aug 08
High immigration figures have contributed to increased population figures across Sweden.
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Analysis & Opinion: 15 Jul 08
By emphasizing welfare programmes over work and entrepreneurship, Sweden makes it harder for Iraqi immigrants to achieve success in their new country, argues Nima Sanandaji of the Captus think tank.
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National: 14 Jul 08
The number of Iraqi asylum requests in Sweden plunged by half in the first six months of 2008, due primarily to stricter asylum criteria, the Swedish Migration Board said on Monday.
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Analysis & Opinion: 2 Jun 08
For many Christian Iraqis who have found a safe haven in Sweden, integrating into a strange new culture is a trying process. But their churches, present in Sweden for decades, play a big role in easing the way, writes AFP's Sophie Mongalvy.
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National: 31 May 08
300 Iraqi citizens left Sweden in the first four months of 2008. This represents an increase on the 233 Iraqis who returned home in the corresponding period of 2007.
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Analysis & Opinion: 30 May 08
David Landes reviews what the Swedish press had to say about the importance of the Iraq conference held this week in Stockholm.
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Politics: 30 May 08
As Sweden announced plans to reopen its Baghdad embassy later this year, Iraq's prime minister also called for Iraqi refugees to return to their former homeland.
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Politics: 29 May 08
Following what Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt called “the first forward aiming meeting on Iraq”, world leaders unanimously approved a declaration acknowledging Baghdad's efforts to improve security and "combat terrorism".
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Politics: 29 May 08
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has promised that the United States will take in more refugees from Iraq, according to Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt.
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Politics: 29 May 08
An international conference on Iraq aimed at assessing progress made in the war-ravaged country opened in Stockholm on Thursday.
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Politics: 28 May 08
Major tensions remain in Iraq but there are signs the situation is improving, according to the top UN envoy in Baghdad.
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National: 26 May 08
Hundreds gathered in Stockholm on Sunday to highlight attacks on Christians in Iraq, days before a United Nations conference on Iraqi peace and development opens near the city.
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Society: 18 Apr 08
Recent decisions by Sweden to send refugees back to Baghdad and other war-ravaged areas have tarnished its reputation for welcoming victims of conflict, critics say.
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Lifestyle: 19 Mar 08
Rami Abdelrahman travels to Jordan and tracks down the first link in the chain of an underground operation involved in the smuggling of Iraqi refugees to Sweden.
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Society: 18 Mar 08
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees has criticized Sweden's policy of deporting rejected Iraqi asylum seekers to the southern and central regions of their home country.
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Politics: 19 Feb 08
Foreign Aid Minister Gunilla Carlsson has proposed setting aside funds for Iraqis leaving Sweden to start a business in their homeland.
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Politics: 18 Feb 08
Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari has said his country will take back asylum seekers rejected by Sweden, clearing the way for forced deportations.
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Lifestyle: 17 Feb 08
AFP's Sophie Mongalvy sits in on a introductory programme offered by Södertälje municipality to help set new immigrants on the path to financial independence in Sweden.
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Lifestyle: 17 Feb 08
Part 1: Having taken in more Iraqi refugees per capita than any other Swedish town, officials in Södertälje are now warning that the town's infrastructure may be close to bursting point.
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National: 10 Feb 08
An increasing number of refugees are refusing to leave Sweden voluntarily. The police were informed of deportation orders for 1,500 Iraqis in 2007.
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Society: 2 Feb 08
Sweden has slashed the proportion of Iraqi asylum seekers it has allowed to stay in the country.
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National: 31 Jan 08
A Swedish airline is to be allowed to resume flights to northern Iraq, six months after air links were suspended following a suspected missile attack on a plane.
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National: 9 Jan 08
Police in Germany have cracked down on a criminal gang suspected of smuggling Iraqis into Sweden.
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Society: 7 Jan 08
Iraqis and Somalis contributed to a sharp rise in the number of asylum seekers coming to Sweden in 2007.
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Society: 27 Nov 07
A leading Social Democrat has called for all people smuggled into Sweden to be sent back to their home countries.
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Society: 18 Nov 07
Sweden is to receive nearly half the EU's immigration budget after taking in record numbers of Iraqi refugees.
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Society: 13 Nov 07
New figures have shown that immigration to Sweden remains high despite the disappearance of last year's temporary asylum law. Emigration and births are also on the rise.
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National: 6 Nov 07
The Swedish military has pledged to review its procedures after one of its transport vehicles was allegedly used to smuggle a large group of refugees.
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National: 31 Oct 07
Police in Sweden are asking Iraqis to identify a woman they believe lured an Iraqi dissident to a hotel room in Stockholm, where he was murdered and his body cut into 48 pieces. The suspected temptress may have been working on the orders of Saddam Hussein's regime, police believe.
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Society: 23 Sep 07
Sweden received more asylum applications than any other country in the world apart from the United States in the first six months of this year, with Iraqis making up the bulk of requests.
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Politics: 7 Sep 07
Sweden's prime minister met on Friday with ambassadors from 22 Muslim countries for talks surrounding the publication in a Swedish newspaper of a caricature of the Muslim prophet Muhammad.
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Society: 7 Sep 07
Nine out of ten asylum seekers from Iraq are still being granted residence permits to stay in Sweden despite the Migration Board's decision that the situation in their home country should not be categorized as a war.
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National: 2 Sep 07
Foreign Minister Carl Bildt was to meet Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in Baghdad on Sunday for talks expected to be dominated by Stockholm's stricter policies for Iraqi refugees.
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National: 2 Sep 07
The cartoonist behind a caricature of the Muslim Prophet Muhammad has said he has no intention of apologizing. Meanwhile, Afghanistan has joined Pakistan and Iran in condemning the publication.
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Lifestyle: 23 Aug 07
For many, the Rosengård area of Malmö has become a symbol of segregation, deprivation and unrest. Four months after disturbances there gained international attention, Genevieve Worrell finds real problems remain, but also a will to turn the situation around.
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Sport: 29 Jul 07
Hundreds of Iraqi exiles poured on to the streets of Stockholm on Sunday to celebrate their team's Asian Cup victory over Saudi Arabia.
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Society: 13 Jul 07
An Iraqi asylum seeker is to appeal last week's controversial Migration Court decision to send him back to Baghdad.
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Politics: 8 Jul 07
Representatives from Sweden's two largest parties have indicated that they would support an amendment of current asylum legislation to include refugees fleeing 'the chaos and terror that we are now seeing in Iraq'.
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Analysis & Opinion: 2 Jul 07
Swedish public television would do well to avoid casting doubt on a legitimate story of US soldiers and their Iraqi allies uncovering fresh evidence of the horrific criminality of the ousted regime, argues Billy McCormac of think-tank Timbro.
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Society: 18 May 07
Amnesty International has levelled criticism at Sweden following the forced deportation to Baghdad of an Iraqi citizen.
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Lifestyle: 12 Apr 07
The world in Sweden series:The cost to Sweden of receiving asylum seekers – many of them Iraqis – is set to rise to more than 12 billion kronor by 2010. But far from being a drain on resources, many Iraqis are bringing money - and jobs - to Sweden, as Rami Abdelrahman reports.
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Society: 14 Mar 07
The cost to the Swedish state of receiving asylum seekers is set to rise to more than 12 billion kronor by 2010, partly due to rising number of Iraqi refugees, partly due to more relaxed Swedish laws.
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National: 7 Mar 07
The Swedish Migration Board is setting up four new units to handle a marked increase in the number of asylum applications to the country. The units will focus on asylum seekers from Iraq and Somalia.
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National: 20 Feb 07
Fourteen people have been arrested in Gothenburg on suspicion of illegally smuggling Iraqis into the country.
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National: 12 Feb 07
Over half the asylum applications made in Europe by Iraqis are made in Sweden. Now migration minister Tobias Billström is demanding that other EU member states take more responsibility.
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National: 31 Jan 07
Iraq's ambassador to Sweden was called to the foreign ministry on Wednesday amid reports that the Stockholm embassy had issued some 26,000 passports on false grounds.
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Politics: 29 Jan 07
Iraqis are coming to Sweden in their thousands. Now the Danish People's Party is worried they might cross the Öresund bridge.
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Society: 3 Jan 07
More people are taking Swedish citizenship, new figures show. Iraqis were the keenest applicants for Swedish passports last year, but plenty of Americans also applied.
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Society: 1 Jan 07
Around 24,000 people sought asylum in Sweden in 2006 - a rise of almost 40 percent compared to 2005.
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Analysis & Opinion: 22 Dec 06
The increasingly volatile situation in Iraq is prompting a growing number of Iraqis to seek a safe haven in Europe. A generous refugee policy means that Sweden is proving particularly attractive.
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Society: 20 Dec 06
More people have moved to Sweden in 2006 than during any other year since records began, 131 years ago. Swedes are also giving birth at a higher rate than they are dying.
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Society: 21 Nov 06
Thirteen Iraqis have been found trying to enter Sweden over the Öresund Bridge to Malmö. Two men have been arrested for trying to smuggle the Iraqis into the country.
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Society: 14 Nov 06
Sweden's population has increased significantly in the past year, with immigration a major source of the rise. Iraq was one of the largest sources of immigrants, a new report shows.
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As diverse as Sweden is, there are a few societal norms that are distinctly Swedish. Understanding a handful of them will hopefully prepare you culturally before you relocate. When you're invited home to a Swede, you better be on time and take your shoes off, writes expat Lola Akinmade-Åkerström. Read more »
Sweden is a country where almost everyone can speak English. So why bother to learn Swedish? Edina Varnagy from Hungary managed with English for a whole year but then found that Swedish could open doors – to a job, a social life and greater understanding. Read more »
"The ice dripped in the winter sun. It was the first day when the light had been intense enough to cause dripping in the sunlight. To hear it was an extraordinary wakeup call. The cycle was happening again as it always does, always will (or so we think). I imagined that on my summer island, the bees..." READ »
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