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All of these people had found new homes in Seattle. Eventually, Zelga’s family decided she would be safer in Sweden, where she arrived in August 2015. The film about Dima is a part of the project ‘Homestead – somewhere in Sweden’, by ROT produktion: nagonstansisverige.se. Inform your case officer about your travel plans. Due to Covid-19, there are currently restrictions on travels to and from Sweden. Carl decided to try his luck. Throughout the 1960s, Sweden was marked by a labour shortage to support its growing economy, which made industrial workers and public servants in particular demand. This is the official site of Sweden, offering you the facts and stories of our country. ‘Swedes are also quite welcoming. At the age of 22 (at the time of writing), Zelga lives in a suburb just outside Södertälje, an industrial town south-west of Stockholm where around 37 per cent of residents are foreign-born and where a majority of the roughly 100,000 Assyrians who have emigrated to Sweden since the late 1960s live. For Jorma, it would also lead to a new job, but once again in Sweden rather than Finland. I am sending you the power of attorney on the form you’d sent me. New statement of changes to the Immigration Rules: HC 2099. New look for residence permit cards. During the Bosnian War in the wake of the breakup of Yugoslavia, Goražde was one of six enclaves surrounded and besieged by the Bosnian Serb Army, with routine attacks on the civilian population. Today, some 45,000 people with Chilean background reside in Sweden, following the refugee waves caused by Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship of Chile during 1973–1990. ‘If it was just up to me, I would never have left. This film is a part of the project ‘Homestead – somewhere in Sweden’, by ROT produktion: nagonstansisverige.se. ‘I was a graduate student about to defend my Master’s thesis project when I found myself having to leave my country.’. ‘I feel it is my responsibility to write about it. The differences were less apparent. A fire department inhalator crew was called to Anell’s room in a hotel at 518 Dearborn St. early this morning. It wasn’t unthinkable that the king and a shop assistant could be roomed in the same hospital.’. Jorma started to collect retirement benefits at age 61, then slowly cut down his work hours until about half-time. He ended up settling down near Stockholm. He chose Sweden because his sister was already living there at the time. Sweden adopted the minimum EU level. This record was only broken in 2011, when more than 51,000 emigrated from the country – but this time mostly to other European countries and some to the US and China. For a number of years, there was a kind of ‘Cuba Fever’ among Swedish Americans. I knew before coming here that it was a good country, that there is more freedom here than in Syria. Meet Vildana Aganović. In the line for his family, he wrote ‘no one to support’. From 2017 onwards immigration to Sweden has dropped, and the 2019 population growth – less than 100,000 people – was the lowest since 2013. For a few years starting in 1971, Sweden had more emigration than immigration. Likewise, the far-right anti-immigration political party Sweden Democrats has been steadily seeing increased public support. Tightened border controls have made it harder to enter Sweden without a valid passport or other identification document. Carl had realised his mistake and was long gone by then. They’ve been long years, but they aren’t up yet.’. He was expecting to be forced into retirement after turning 67. At first I handled the axe and the saw, but now I am hauling lumber. In Sweden, they lived in different refugee camps and had short stints in the small northern towns of Gällö and Ånge before May 1993, when they moved to Borås where Vildana’s uncle and his family already lived. A church in Filipstad, Sweden, where roughly one-fifth of the nearly 11,000 inhabitants are now foreign-born. You just work.’, Zelga has begun to learn the language – taking ‘Swedish for Immigrants’ classes – but is still finding it difficult to settle in. Legislative changes for asylum seekers have also made it more difficult to get a residence permit and reunite with family. ‘Most of the elderly I worked with couldn’t speak any language besides Swedish, so this forced me to learn Swedish quicker. But her father and sister are still in Hassakeh. Many of them come from Romania and Bulgaria, and many of them are Roma. ‘During the war, there were so many restrictions and the universities were closed.’. The next set of migrants during these decades were workers from Finland, Italy, Greece, the former Yugoslavia, Turkey and other Balkan countries who came looking for job opportunities once World War II was over. Press release from Matilda Ernkrans, Ministry of Education and Research, The Government OfficesSE-103 33 StockholmSwedenSwitchboard: +46 8 405 10 00. By the time they started a relationship and got married, her husband was the one with the more stable work situation. Those three years I promised my father still aren’t up. I’ve only been here a little less than three years. lived in Sweden for a certain amount of time) But there is still a shortage of skilled workers in Sweden, and if you ask Jorma, he is far from retirement. Meet 36-year-old Linda Samir Mutawi, a film producer and production manager. Sweden granted permanent residence permits to all Syrians who were in Sweden seeking asylum. ‘The beauty of it is that I feel I have the freedom and power to fight for equality for all the people living here,’ Vildana says. Since that request was impossible to meet due to the ongoing war, he had to look into other alternatives. I am in the city now, as the forest is burning almost everywhere so I might try to find some other work for a while. In 2011, he co-founded Syria Relief Network, a group of humanitarian aid NGOs that helps displaced Syrians, many of which are in neighbouring Lebanon. The 1990s brought massive immigration from former Yugoslavia during the ethnic cleansing wars with over 100,000 Bosnians being granted asylum in Sweden alongside 3,600 Kosovo Albanians. Violence erupted and two Swedes were shot. Before the war, I lived the same way as any Swedish child, with all the same opportunities as children here.’. 10 November 2020 At the end of 1908, Carl stepped onto the train to Copenhagen. At swedenabroad.com you’ll find information about Swedish embassies and their activities. Pathway to residence maintained for eligible migrant workers. ... Government presents new labour immigration rules. He studied to become a nurse, an opportunity he says he never could have had if he had remained in Iran. Two years later, he came to Sweden. The European Commission’s Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD) is one initiative aiming to help the most vulnerable people, in Sweden as well as in other EU member states. At its height, a few hundred Swedes lived in Bayate. He chose Sweden for two main reasons. The riots in some Stockholm suburbs in 2013 put the spotlight on some of the challenges of integration. But with growing political tensions, he feared for the future and decided to be proactive in terms of protecting himself and his family. ‘I love the fact that there is such a work–life balance, and the system is so efficient.’, ‘I have also lived in Europe and the Middle East and have travelled and lived in a number of countries, so I adapt easily to new environments and new people,’ Linda points out. ‘Some of my cousins were born in Sweden. AB Svenska Fläktfabriken, an industry leader on air treatment, happened to be on a recruitment trip in Finland and offered Jorma a welding job. He landed in the Spruce Squadron’s 119th Company, and his Swedish relatives never heard from him again. And now, more than twenty years later, I am still here.’. The new rules enable employers in Sweden to look for workers from third countries if they are unavailable in Sweden or any other EU countries. ‘In Sweden, I couldn’t tell the rich from the workers straight off. ‘It is a privilege to be a resident of Sweden where people are respected regardless of religion, belief, colour, appearance and nationality,’ Mouhanad says. He would exceed the maximum amount of overtime hours and keep on going. When Carl arrived in Seattle, there were already 20,000 Scandinavians, half of them Swedes, making up about 10 per cent of the city’s population. War changes that.’. If the Swedish Migration Agency requires proof that you are currently not in Sweden: 1. These debates highlight just how complicated and conflicting the issues surrounding diversity are – from studies praising Sweden’s integration policies to articles showing just how far Sweden still has to go in terms of integration. ‘I didn’t choose to leave my country, I was compelled to leave,’ Mouhanad says. Meet the Sweden-based Somali bandy team, a story of integration. According to the archives of the Marine Corps, private Carl Emanuel Anell was honourably discharged in January 1919, without ever being in combat. Silvio Durán Michea was interviewed by Lola Akinmade Åkerström. Carl was called a swamper, which meant he was far down the totem pole and worked clearing a road through the forest for the timber industry’s various vehicles, from steam locomotives to gas-driven trucks. During the war Kamran served as an armed guard in Iran’s capital, Tehran, tasked with observing bomber aircraft that left for Iraq. Everyone in Finland knew that there were plenty of jobs in Sweden.’, ‘Everyone in Finland knew that there were plenty of jobs in Sweden.’. Mouhanad’s opportunity to live a safer and more comfortable life came when he was granted a Schengen visa and then residency in 2014. The neighbors report that the deceased had been intoxicated the entire week. Leaving his beloved Damascus in order to preserve his personal safety was a difficult decision for Mouhanad because he knew he probably won’t be able to go back to Syria until its political situation has changed. She had touted the country’s virtue as a humanitarian solace for immigrants and asylum seekers looking for a better and more stable life. Migration in total – both to and from Sweden – grew after 2000. His second reason has to do with Sweden’s reputation on human rights issues, which was very important to him. ‘I was lucky enough never to get sent to fight at the border, which was my main worry during the two years,’ he says. ‘First of all, it is a secure place where I can finally feel physically and psychologically safe; a place where I can start over and live a respectable life and think of having a job, family and children,’ he says. For five years, Syrians have made up the largest share of immigrants, but in 2019 the largest immigration group was returning Swedes, followed by people from India and Afghanistan. Photo: Lola Akinmade Åkerström, Mouhanad Sharabati refused to join the Syrian regime forces in their war against the Syrian people. From 1 December, both the residence permit card and right of residence card issued by the Swedish Migration Agency will look different. It’s also worth noting that in 1887 the emigrants made up 1 per cent of the population, in 2011 only 0.5 per cent. More and more children come to Sweden without family. Fast forward close to 30 years and Silvio has built a stable and more secure life in Sweden. So they decided it made more sense for Linda to move to Sweden. ‘It was both a relief and painful to leave friends and families’, ‘I speak fluent Swedish and this has helped me fully integrate into the Swedish society,’ he says. Perhaps I will not require all the money we will see. That is however a small decrease (by 325 people) compared to the same period last year, and comes amid an overall slowdown of immigration, according to national statistics office Statistics Sweden. Photo: Arantxa Hurtado, This website uses cookies. The memory of leaving Bosnia still haunts Vildana Aganović, even though she now calls Sweden home. This is the common website of the Government and the Government Offices. I am still working at the sugar factory. Zelga is considering both psychology and social work, something that she can use to help other Assyrians, either here in Sweden or back home in Syria. He wrote home from the logging camp at Eagle Gorge in August 1909: Thank you for your dearly welcome letter. Only 5 per cent of immigrants in 2019 came from Syria. It’s not far from where Carl had attempted to take his life a decade earlier. What happens after immigration remains one of the hottest debates around the country. After completing Swedish high school, she studied journalism at a local Folkhögskola, a form of adult education institution common in Sweden. His hands are among those that literally built America. They made up 10 percent (or 5,753 people) of immigrants in that period. Eight years later, on Black Tuesday in 1929, the American and world economies were shattered. Currently, most of the migrants in Switzerland are from Spain and Italy and surely they are highly qualified. Still, other aspects of the country’s migration policy remain welcoming, as this country profile explores. She points to the fact that Sweden has an organised and modern system that works. ‘Now I know Sweden is very different from Syria. Sweden was mostly a country of emigration until refugees escaping World War II began to slowly change it back into a country of immigration, which is what it has been since then. ‘The culture is so different from my own that it is still exciting to learn new things every day,’ he says. ‘My older sister, younger brother and I got a call from our father who said that we only had ten minutes to meet some guys, get into their car and leave,’ Vildana says. The inspection of the premises revealed seven empty whiskey and wine bottles near the deceased. It also provides legal assistance for Syrian refugees and those crossing the Lebanese borders illegally. ‘It’s a big difference leaving a country by choice. Many, but not all, become Swedish citizens.The economic, social, and political aspects of immigration have caused some controversy regarding ethnicity, economic benefits, jobs for non-immigrants, settlement patterns, impact on upward social mobility, crime, and voting behaviour. ‘I didn’t much see the point in learning the language at first,’ he says. Many international media covered the disturbances. Refugees from active war zones continue to immigrate to Sweden. This is a translated and edited version of an original article by Ola Larsmo for Swedish daily DN. Carl, with $200 in the bank, had apparently been tempted to take part in a colony project of Swedes in Cuba. Brexit – the rights of UK nationals in Sweden after the transition period 01 December 2020 . Macedonia, having seceded from Yugoslavia in 1991, was safer, but her family wanted to flee the region altogether and continued all the way to Turkey. As many as 1.5 million native Swedes left the country to escape poverty and religious persecution, and to seek a better life for themselves and their families. Zelga was eventually forced to terminate her studies and return to her hometown, Hassakeh. As a comparison, the US and Canada combined took in 1,027 Iraqis the same year. Gale Wilson. But she was initially worried that the ‘lack of spontaneity, the serious societal rule following, and the conventionality of life here’ would be a bit too calm for her, coming from ‘a more expressive culture’. She is an established freelance journalist living in Borås, a city in the south-west of Sweden that she now calls home. ‘I remember seeing all the snow from the aeroplane just before arriving at Arlanda Airport outside of Stockholm. He does not entirely fit the stereotype of the Finnish work migrant. (New laws from 2016 limit the possibilities of being granted residence permits.). 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