Date: 2014
Type: Technical Report
Integration policies : Sweden country report
Technical Report, Migration Policy Centre, INTERACT Research Report, Country Reports, 2014/14
ANDERSSON, Ruben, WEINAR, Agnieszka, Integration policies : Sweden country report, Migration Policy Centre, INTERACT Research Report, Country Reports, 2014/14 - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/32656
Retrieved from Cadmus, EUI Research Repository
Since new rules on labour migration came into force in 2008, Sweden’s migration policy has been recognised as being among the most open and liberal in the OECD countries (OECD 2011). Sweden also has a generous asylum system compared with other EU countries, taking large numbers of refugees from countries in conflict such as Iraq and Somalia. Integration is a political priority in Sweden, and is high on the political agenda. The goal of Sweden’s integration policies is to ‘ensure equal rights, obligations and opportunities for all, irrespective of their ethnic and cultural background’. The country report provides a very brief overview of Swedish integration policies with a special emphasis on cooperation with the States and communities of origin. Particular attention is given by the author to developments that are relevant for the main INTERACT countries of origin.
Additional information:
INTERACT - Researching Third Country Nationals’ Integration as a Three-way Process - Immigrants, Countries of Emigration and Countries of Immigration as Actors of Integration
Cadmus permanent link: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/32656
External link: http://interact-project.eu/
http://www.migrationpolicycentre.eu/
http://www.migrationpolicycentre.eu/
Series/Number: Migration Policy Centre; INTERACT Research Report; Country Reports; 2014/14
Keyword(s): Swedish integration policy Migration Integration
Sponsorship and Funder information:
INTERACT is co-financed by the European University Institute and the European Union.
