Sweden's labour minister has launched a "special focus" on getting women born outside of Europe into work, ordering a government inquiry to look more broadly at how to better integrate such women socially, culturally, economically, linguistically and democratically.
The European Union has warned that Sweden's economy is facing a marked slowdown, with unemployment set to rise above seven percent as companies cut back on investment.
Almost six out of ten of those registered at Arbetsförmedlingen employment service were born outside of Sweden – and one in two people in this group still did not have a job after eight years, write trade union representatives in this opinion piece.
The Swedish Public Employment Service (Arbetsförmedlingen) warned on Wednesday that it will let a third of its employees go in a move that is expected to have a significant impact on job-seekers.
Unemployment has remained at a steady level in Sweden in the last year but the disparity between people born abroad and born in the Nordic country remains high, and a record number of foreigners are now registered with the Swedish Public Employment Service (Arbetsförmedlingen).
Where you live in Sweden can have a significant impact on your likelihood of being unemployed, the latest figures from national employment agency Arbetsförmedlingen show.
Rural Sweden could have lost up to a third of its working age population by 2030 as more and more people move to the country's cities, according to a report by the national jobs agency.
As Sweden grapples with how best to get newcomers into the job market, new figures show that in 107 of Sweden’s 290 municipalities, 30 percent of people born outside Sweden are unemployed.
The employment gap between Swedish citizens born in the country and those born abroad will soon widen, according to the country’s employment agency, Arbetsförmedlingen.
Youth unemployment is falling in Sweden, according to figures released on Thursday. But the jobless rate is still rising steadily among foreign-born citizens.
