The following articles have been tagged with "Migration_board":
Society: 15 May 13
Moving to Sweden as a foreigner can leave even the toughest expats in bitter tears of frustration. But it doesn't have to be that way. British journalist and contributor Tatty Good reveals the secrets to a smooth transition.
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National: 13 May 13
Thirteen Afghan refugees who have been on a hunger strike outside Migration Board offices in Boden in northern Sweden have broken off their action after three weeks of refusing to eat.
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National: 11 May 13
The Swedish Migration Board has enlisted the help of police negotiators in a bid to try to break hunger strikes by asylum-seekers in Boden, Gävle and Holmsund which have now lasted almost a month.
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National: 9 May 13
Police in Sweden have stopped deporting people to Eritrea as the Migration Board reevaluates its policy regarding asylum applicants from the east African country.
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National: 6 May 13
Sweden's Justice Ombudsman announced on Monday it will not investigate the alleged racial profiling carried out by Stockholm police in the city's public transit system during a push to deport illegal immigrants.
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Society: 5 May 13
A company within Sweden's home care services could have mistreated migrant workers by making false promises about work conditions, according to a Swedish media report.
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Politics: 2 May 13
Swedish municipalities will be forced to welcome underage asylum seekers who come to Sweden without parents or guardians from January onward, if the government gets its way.
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National: 1 May 13
The Swedish Migration Board has decided not to re-open the asylum application cases of eight hunger-striking Afghan men in Boden, north Sweden.
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National: 20 Apr 13
Eleven Afghanis and Iranians have gone on hunger strike in the north of Sweden after their asylum applications were turned down.
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National: 3 Apr 13
Two young boys from Afghanistan have been found abandoned on the streets of Uppsala in recent days, prompting suspicions they were brought to Sweden via an organized people smuggling operation.
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National: 2 Apr 13
Sweden has more than doubled its orders to deport underage asylum seekers in the past year.
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Business & Money: 25 Mar 13
Rising underemployment and curtailed access to job insurance is hitting Sweden's younger workers with a double whammy as they attempt to shore up their income security, unions have warned.
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National: 25 Mar 13
One of the ferry companies accused in Sweden's "bus apartheid" storm has hit back against allegations passengers were placed on different buses according to colour of their skin.
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National: 25 Mar 13
A top prosecutor believes more Migration Board employees will likely be implicated in an ongoing bribery probe launched after two employees were arrested on suspicions of selling residence permits.
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National: 22 Mar 13
A Moderate Party MP has suggested the Swedish armed forces solve the dilemma of interpreters in Afghanistan fearing retaliation after the troop pull-out by employing them in Sweden.
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Business & Money: 4 Mar 13
Swedish labour migration to Norway is threatening to nab jobs from the country's own job seekers, warned a Norwegian business association that also accused Sweden of political negligence.
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National: 1 Mar 13
A couple who claimed to be the first Ugandan men to be legally married have learned they will be allowed to remain in Sweden after a flurry of death threats helped sway migration officials to drop a deportation order against one of them.
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Business & Money: 22 Feb 13
Sweden's State Auditor has published a scathing criticism of the government, arguing it lacks proper overview of efforts to tackle corruption in Sweden.
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National: 21 Feb 13
Police in Stockholm have been accused of racial profiling on the city's public transit system by targeting "foreign-looking" commuters in an effort to deport illegal immigrants.
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Business & Money: 9 Feb 13
The Swedish Public Employment Service (Arbetsförmedlingen) plans to expand to the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa in an effort to prepare emigrating Somalis for life in Sweden.
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Analysis & Opinion: 6 Feb 13
The ailing mother of Jimmy Sserwadda, who married his childhood sweetheart in a groundbreaking wedding in Sweden last week, was verbally attacked after news of her son's gay marriage reached Uganda.
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Politics: 6 Feb 13
The Swedish government has no plans to tighten asylum policy, Integration Minister Erik Ullenhag said on Tuesday in the wake of comments by Migration Minister Tobias Billström that current immigration levels are "unsustainable".
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Politics: 2 Feb 13
Sweden's immigration minister has said that the country needs to tighten rules for asylum seekers and other prospective immigrants to cut the number of people coming into the country.
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Analysis & Opinion: 29 Jan 13
A couple who claim to be the first Ugandan men to be legally married face an uncertain future after recently tying the knot in a Swedish church, with one facing possible deportation that the other fears could result in his husband's death.
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Society: 29 Jan 13
A 2008 change to Sweden's labour migration laws designed to make it easier for companies to recruit non-Europeans to hard-to-fill high-skilled jobs has instead been used primarily to bring low-skilled workers to Sweden, a new report shows.
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National: 29 Jan 13
Two Migration Board employees in Malmö were arrested on Tuesday morning on suspicions they sold residence permits to asylum seekers.
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National: 23 Jan 13
Swedish forestry companies have come under fire over accusations they use migrant workers from Africa to plant trees for low pay, with many ending up broke and stranded in Sweden.
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National: 22 Jan 13
Sweden is set to split two siblings from their younger sister as they are deported to Serbia along with their mother who left them in such a state of neglect that child services intervened in 2009.
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Lifestyle: 10 Jan 13
A brown bear in blue dungarees dubbed the "world's strongest bear" celebrated 40 years of leading the battle for a kinder world this week, despite charges of being a communist and a turn-coat capitalist. Ursus comicus Bamse is The Local's Swede of the Week.
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National: 3 Jan 13
Sweden issued a record number of residence permits in 2012, with the total tally ending up at 110,000, a 19-percent hike from 2011 with refugees accounting for the bulk of the increase, new statistics show.
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Society: 19 Dec 12
A Colombian-Swedish family is rejoicing after learning that a decision to deport their 78-year-old grandmother has been reversed on account of her deteriorating health.
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Society: 18 Dec 12
A Colombian-Swedish family about to celebrate Christmas with their 78-year-old grandmother fear the senile woman will be deported before the New Year despite appeals on health grounds against the Migration Board decision.
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National: 5 Dec 12
Trade unions see an immigrant-exploitation scheme uncovered a McDonald's in Sweden as "the tip of the iceberg" when it comes to abuse of labour migration laws which they feel make foreign workers too dependent on their Swedish employers.
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Politics: 3 Dec 12
The migration minister wants immigrants to get jobs before their families follow them to Sweden, but may face an uphill struggle to convince his government partners to tighten up current family reunification rules.
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Society: 30 Nov 12
Asylum seekers in Blekinge County in southern Sweden are facing the chill of winter without socks or proper shoes, as migration authorities have been unable to provide a winter clothing allowance in time.
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National: 27 Nov 12
A DNA test has shown that an Algerian couple are indeed the birth parents of Haddile, a two-year-old who faced deportation after being abandoned in Sweden and assaulted by her step-father, a lawyer for the couple has said.
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Education: 21 Nov 12
Sweden would be more attractive to non-EU foreign students if it granted them the right to stay in Sweden to look for work after graduation, the Migration Board suggested in a new report.
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National: 15 Nov 12
Police raided a refugee housing facility in western Sweden on Thursday, hauling in seven people suspected of having ties to a Russian criminal network.
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Politics: 13 Nov 12
Somalis seeking a residence permit in Sweden will face tighter restrictions in the near future, after the Swedish Migration Board judged that the country was no longer at war.
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National: 12 Nov 12
The head of Migration Board operations in southern Sweden has slammed case workers for routinely hinting that refugee children are making false claims about their mental health in order to avoid deportation.
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Society: 5 Nov 12
Somali immigrants in Sweden have had a harder time finding employment compared to Somalis in the United States and Canada, a new report has found.
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Business & Money: 3 Nov 12
The Swedish Security Service Säpo has narrowly avoided inspection by the Competition Authority after splashing out 5.3 million kronor ($802,500) on a James Bond-themed party.
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Politics: 2 Nov 12
Swedish security service Säpo has launched at least one intelligence probe into suspicions that Syrian intelligence agents are spying on Syrian nationals in Sweden.
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National: 1 Nov 12
Sweden's Migration Board has been slammed for "serious deficiencies" in how it assigns public defenders to asylum seekers, thousands of whom are forced to fight deportation battles with representatives who lack law degrees.
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Politics: 1 Nov 12
Two Swedish Migration Board offices in opposite parts of the country were damaged late Wednesday night in what police believe were organized attacks.
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Politics: 29 Oct 12
Over 50,000 asylum seekers are expected to arrive in Sweden next year, according to the latest prognosis from the Swedish Migration Board, stretching the country’s capacity.
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Politics: 25 Oct 12
Sweden and Germany led the push on Thursday for a reintroduction of visas for residents from Balkan EU candidate countries in an effort to fight a growing number of bogus asylum requests.
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National: 22 Oct 12
The Swedish Migration Court of Appeals on Monday decided to revoke the decision to deport 2-year-old Haddile, abandoned in Sweden by her Algerian mother in a case which has generated a great deal of media interest.
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Society: 16 Oct 12
Three men have been arrested in central Sweden, suspected of smashing windows in an attack on a refugee housing facility on Tuesday, leaving one resident injured.
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National: 11 Oct 12
"Desperate" asylum seekers awaiting deportation from Sweden have been placed in a prison after the Swedish Migration Board deemed them too hard to handle.
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National: 8 Oct 12
Many emigrants from the Balkans are being tricked into coming to Sweden for a permanent residence permit that they’ll never get, a problem the Swedish Migration Board puts down to "misinformation" from travel organizers.
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National: 6 Oct 12
The number of asylum seekers in Sweden doubled this year, with Syrians being the largest group. But the Green Party calls Sweden's refugee policy "inhumane".
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Society: 28 Sep 12
The mother of a two-year-old girl, who faced deportation after being abandoned in Sweden and assaulted by her step-father, now reportedly wants to be reunited with her daughter as debate rages over a decision to examine the case on public television.
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National: 24 Sep 12
In the face of mounting public pressure, the Swedish Migration Board has decided that 2-year-old Haddile, an abandoned toddler facing deportation to France, can remain in Sweden with her foster parents until further notice.
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National: 23 Sep 12
A petition against the deportation of a two-year-old girl from Sweden to France has received 30,000 signatures. The case has led to renewed calls to incorporate the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child into Swedish law.
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National: 22 Sep 12
A two-year-old girl currently living in a foster home in Skåne in southern Sweden faces deportation to France where it is claimed she has no connection and will be placed in an orphanage.
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Society: 18 Sep 12
The government wants to overhaul how it rewards municipalities that help refugees find housing quickly in an effort to hasten the process of acclimating to life in Sweden.
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Society: 12 Sep 12
A motorist has tried to run over refugee children on two separate occasions in central Sweden, forcing local authorities to report the incidents to police.
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Analysis & Opinion: 7 Sep 12
If Sweden wants to remain an attractive destination for students, researchers and skilled workers from other countries, the current tangle of bureaucracy and conflicting rules must be corrected, write representatives of the Swedish Institute.
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National: 6 Sep 12
The 15-year-old boy from Afghanistan who sewed his mouth shut after his residency application was rejected will not be deported from Sweden after a previous decision was reversed on Thursday.
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National: 5 Sep 12
A 15-year-old boy from Afghanistan who sewed his mouth shut after his application for Swedish residency was rejected will be deported to Italy, in what a Swedish MEP called a "humanitarian catastrophe in my own country".
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Business & Money: 31 Aug 12
The long wait for Swedish work permits facing talented computer programmers from other countries has prompted the Swedish games industry to put pressure on the government to cut processing times.
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National: 28 Aug 12
The sale of false work permits to immigrants is causing more problems for Swedish police, who claim that the documents are being sold for up to 250,000 kronor ($38,100) by criminals who are proving very difficult to catch.
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Business & Money: 27 Aug 12
The deep financial crisis in Europe has led to more Greek citizens arriving in Sweden to seek employment, with twice as many coming 2011 compared to the year before.
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Business & Money: 27 Aug 12
Swedish security service Säpo has come under fire after revelations that a James Bond themed party in 2011 cost 5.3 million kronor ($802,500), a contract that was never put out to tender.
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National: 8 Aug 12
Syrians granted temporary residence permits to Sweden will not be allowed to send for their relatives, the Swedish Migration Board ruled on Wednesday.
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Politics: 30 Jul 12
Some 24 Afghan interpreters working for the Swedish armed forces in Mazar-i-Sharif have sought asylum in Sweden, claiming that they will suffer reprisals from the Taliban after the withdrawal of troops in 2014.
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National: 23 Jul 12
It has become increasingly difficult for undocumented immigrants, whose application for permanent residence in Sweden has been rejected, to apply a second time, according to a new report.
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Sport: 13 Jul 12
One of four Syrian teams due to participate in Sweden's Gothia Cup - the world's largest youth football tournament - has been denied entry visas after assessment of the war-torn country's security situation and the applicants' flight risk.
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National: 4 Jul 12
Egyptian national Ahmed Agiza, who was flown out of Sweden to Egypt by the CIA in 2001 where he was imprisoned until 2011, has been granted permanent residency in Sweden.
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National: 3 Jul 12
The number of people seeking asylum in Sweden increased by 30 percent during the first half of 2012 compared with the same period last year, new statistics show.
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Business & Money: 2 Jul 12
Swedes have a low-level of confidence in the agency tasked with helping their out of work compatriots find jobs, according to a new survey.
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Politics: 30 Jun 12
The two-year rule before which married immigrant spouses can qualify for permanent residency and which has been blamed for forcing women into abusive relationships, should be abolished according to a new government inquiry.
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National: 13 Jun 12
A 91-year-old woman from Ukraine who was facing deportation from Sweden has received her permanent Swedish residency, after authorities claimed new information suggested she was "too sick to fly".
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Business & Money: 6 Jun 12
Greeks are moving to Sweden in droves in search of work and to escape the mounting crisis in southern Europe, official figures indicate.
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Analysis & Opinion: 16 May 12
Sweden needs to change rules that strip foreign doctoral candidates of the same rights as other tax-paying migrant workers, argue a group of doctoral candidates from the Royal Institute for Technology (KTH).
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National: 4 May 12
Swedish migration authorities have ratcheted up their forecast for the number of asylum seekers and labour migrants who will arrive in Sweden during 2012.
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National: 27 Apr 12
A Swedish Migration Board official has been fired after it was discovered that she had for years failed to register important documents and instead hid them wrapped up in clothes and behind furniture in her office.
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Politics: 22 Apr 12
The Swedish Migration Board is having trouble convincing Sweden’s municipalities to receive sufficient numbers of unaccompanied refugee children. Migration minister Tobias Billström now wants to force municipalities to step up.
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National: 20 Apr 12
Police on Wednesday arrested two men in connection to a suspected gang rape of a 20-year-old man, carried out by three other men, in a home for asylum seekers in northern Sweden.
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National: 11 Apr 12
Seven of the eight men charged with the gang rape of a woman at a housing facility for asylum seekers run by the Swedish Migration Board were convicted and sentenced to prison on Wednesday.
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Education: 22 Mar 12
A class of 13-year-olds at a Gothenburg school were given the word “negro” and “negroes” to translate as part of their English language education, which some of the students have found inappropriate.
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National: 11 Mar 12
Sweden's Migration Board can't stop children coming to Sweden, even when there's a risk that they'll be exposed to violence and assault from a step parent, according to a court ruling from the Migration Court of Appeals.
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National: 9 Mar 12
Eight men who were detained on gang rape allegations in December were charged on Friday for the brutal rape of a woman in a Migration board flat last year.
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Politics: 5 Mar 12
The Sweden Democrats' youth wing wants to entice jobless immigrants to leave the country by offering them "goodie bags" complete with tips on how to facilitate immigrants' departure from Sweden.
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National: 29 Feb 12
A Congolese pastor who was deported from Sweden last week after losing a long-running fight for asylum was reportedly beaten upon returning to his home country, just as his Swedish supporters had feared.
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Society: 23 Feb 12
A recent court ruling may mean a 45 percent rise in applications for permanent residency based on family relations, according to predictions from the Swedish Migration Board, with most applicants expected to come from Somalia.
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National: 31 Jan 12
A violent fire erupted at a refugee housing facility in central Sweden early Tuesday morning, forcing the evacuation of 80 residents and sending at least three people to hospital.
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National: 31 Jan 12
Sweden's Migration Board said Monday it was temporarily suspending all deportations to Syria due to the worsening violence in the country as president Bashar al-Assad's deadly crackdown continues.
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Politics: 30 Jan 12
Sweden plans to give priority to refugees from Somalia and Eritrea in its efforts to resettle 1,900 United Nations (UN) refugees in 2012.
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National: 28 Jan 12
A worker at the Swedish Migration Board who told a family of Iraqi asylum seekers that their newborn baby looked like Saddam Hussein will not lose his job over the incident, the agency's disciplinary committee has ruled.
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National: 26 Jan 12
A mismatch between available jobs and housing in Sweden has resulted in increasing numbers of refugees remaining in Migration Board-run housing centres, forcing new asylum seekers to live in youth hostels and campgrounds.
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National: 25 Jan 12
An anti-immigrant website has urged readers to infiltrate a group focused on helping undocumented immigrants in Sweden in order to turn them over to police.
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Society: 19 Jan 12
An administrator at the Swedish Migration Board is facing disciplinary action after telling a family of Iraqi asylum seekers that their newborn baby looked like Saddam Hussein.
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Study in Sweden: 17 Jan 12
Not everyone can move to work in Sweden, but new labour migration laws have made it much easier to move to Sweden from outside the EU.
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Study in Sweden: 17 Jan 12
Some 600 master’s degree programs at Swedish universities are taught entirely in English. Here's an easy guide for how to apply.
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Study in Sweden: 17 Jan 12
Whether or not you need a visa or a residence permit depends on where you come from. This is what you need to know.
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Society: 10 Jan 12
A high-ranking civil servant in Sweden's defence ministry has been sacked after it was revealed he was involved in running several Thai massage parlours on the side.
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Business & Money: 9 Jan 12
When the Swedish Employment Office recently contracted for interpreting services, it chose one with a tariff significantly below market prices, according to a new report.
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Science & Technology: 28 Dec 11
Many Somalis in Sweden feel dismissed when visiting a doctor in Sweden, according to a new study, which shows that many end up looking abroad for medical treatment as a result.
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