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Health and Welfare Board highlights ethnic discrimination
A report by the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare states that segregation has increased in Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmo and more people of foreign origin are outside the labour market and social security.
28 March 2006 (50 words)
Integration projects boosted by government funding
As part of its spring budget, the government announced that one billion kroner would be invested in a ten-point integration project, with 700m kröner being given to municipalities to finance the receiving and integrating refugees.
27 March 2006 (91 words)
Liberals say increased exclusion highlights integration failures
According to a survey conducted by the Liberal party, exclusion is a major problem in Sweden, with a high proportion of immigrants living in areas of unemployment and educational underachievement.
27 March 2006 (60 words)
Legislation on forced marriages considered
On December 20, the government announced that it would set up a commission of inquiry into forced marriages with a view to changing legislation so as to criminalise forced marriages.
26 January 2006 (98 words)
Muslims change names to get jobs
A report in the Dagens Nyheter on September 6/7 stated that many Muslims and immigrantsfeeling the racist pinch since September 11 have changed their names in order to make a living in Sweden.
1 December 2004 (103 words)
Conference to expose anti-Muslim racism since September 11
Swedish Muslim leaders organised a meeting on 12 September to expose the extent of documented racism against the community, especially after September 11.
12 September 2004 (92 words)
Prime minister establishes immigrant welfare link
Prime minister Persson has indicated changes on welfare benefits for immigrants that would align Sweden with Baltic neighbours such as Germany, Denmark and Finland.
31 January 2004 (118 words)
Säpo warns of extreme-Right offensive
Four years ago, the extreme-Right was the focus of the security services' attention after the murder of a left-wing trade unionist, the killing, during a bank raid, of two police officers and a bomb attack on two journalists who were investigating the extreme-Right scene.
28 November 2003 (162 words)
Police investigate formation of neo-Nazi paramilitary unit
In Sweden's forests, neo-Nazis are preparing for 'race war'.
28 November 2003 (271 words)
Karlstad: neo-Nazis accused of murder attempt
Björn Nord, and a fellow neo-Nazi, have been arrested in Karlstad, northwest Sweden, in connection with conspiracy to murder.
30 June 2003 (115 words)
Sweden Democrats - largest extra-parliamentary party
In the September 2002 general election, the Sweden Democrats (SD) polled 1.4 per cent of the vote and is now Sweden's largest extra-parliamentary party.
1 December 2002 (100 words)
Neo-nazi leader jailed
The leader of Sweden's National Socialist Front has been jailed for eight months for 'violent agitation against an ethnic group'.
3 November 2002 (45 words)
Restrictions of marriages proposed
The government is to introduce legislation to remove exemptions to the lower age limit on marriages, previously given to immigrants from countries in which marriages are legal below the age of 18.
18 October 2002 (63 words)
The far-Right in local elections
In municipal elections, held at the same time as the general election, the Swedish Democrats gained a total of 41 seats in 19 municiplities.
1 October 2002 (50 words)
General election: did immigration themes feature?
In September, the Social Democrats claimed victory in the general election and set about forming a minority government comprising a coalition of Social Democrats, Greens and former Communists.
17 September 2002 (549 words)
Hate mail focuses on immigrant birth rates
At least thirty families in the city of Närke have received threatening hate mail after they placed announcements in the local newspaper about the birth of their babies.
11 August 2002 (55 words)
Moderate Party councillor caught in racism row
Controversial remarks made by Thorsten Davidson, a local councillor of the Moderate Party in Halmstad, brought him nationwide media attention.
1 August 2002 (116 words)
Poll claims anti-immigrant sentiment decreasing
A poll conducted by Gothenburg University suggests that anti-immigration sentiment in Sweden has decreased since the early 1990s and has remained steady after 9/11.
1 August 2002 (34 words)
Will nationality-based crime statistics break down prejudice?
The National Council for Crime Prevention, which is a government agency, says that in future crime statistics will be broken down by national origin in a bid to counter xenophobic propaganda which links immigrants to rising crime.
1 August 2002 (217 words)
Action on forced marriages
Following the murder of Fadime Sahindal the immigration minister Mona Sahlin says that she plans to place a ban on marriages of immigrant women under the age of 18 in an attempt to stop forced marriages.
1 August 2002 (67 words)
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