Managed migration in Sweden
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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)
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)
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)
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)
Airline refuses to screen asylum cases
In April, the Scandinavian airline SAS announced that it would not take responsibility for screening illegal immigrants.
9 April 2002 (27 words)
Sweden criticised for treatment of conned El Salvadorians
The government of El Salvador has criticised Sweden for its treatment of 617 Salvadorians who travelled to Sweden after travel agencies, which charged thousands of pounds, duped them into thinking they would get jobs and legal residence status.
1 February 2002 (124 words)
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