Asylum in Sweden

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Asylum in Sweden

• Refugees
• Integration into the society

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Seeking asylum in Sweden

• The Schengen agreement
• The Swedish migration board
• Application at the border
• Identification - interwievs

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Decision

• Permanent or temporary residential permit
• Deportation
• Asylum applicants gets legal assistance in the
  form of a public counsel and interpreter

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Who can get asylum?

• Geneva Convention
• Convention refugees are those who have a
  reason to fear persecution in their native
  country due to
• their race
• their nationality
• their affiliation to a particular social group
• their religious or political opinions

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Who can get asylum - extended

• Persons in need of protection
• Have good reason to fear capital punishment or
  torture
• Need protection due to war or an environmental
  disaster in their native country
• Fear persecution due to their gender or
  homosexuality

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Who can get asylum - extended

• People with strong humanitarian grounds may also
  be granted permission to stay in Sweden
• The refugee quota - UNHCR

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Immigration 2003
Total immigration 2003
Total asylum applicants 2003

• 46 857 persons granted residence permits
• 6 460 Refugees
• 24 553 Family ties
• 5 509 Students
• 9 234 EU/EAA
• 782 Adoption

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Asylum applicants in a few European countries
2001-2003
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Introduction in Sweden
Work-opportunities

• 169 out of 289 municipals
• Board of Integration
• 2-4 years of introduction
• Over-arching goals Swedish language,
  self-sufficient, Swedish culture and society
• Equal opportunities in terms of rights,
  obligations and opportunities
• Ombudsman against ethnic discrimination

Settlement of refugees
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Welfare system for refugees in introduction
1 person, (4150 apt) 8 520 sek / month Family
23 (7800 apt) 20 270 sek / month
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Familys, women, men children

• Divorces
• Rebuilding family structures
• New values
• Gender roles
• The exile process
• The rucksack
• Personal adaptability - work or studies

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The Refugee Unit North East 2004
Refugee guide
Children and Youth
Reception
Alternative intro
PUT, TUT, Family ties
Settlement Re-settlement
Labourmarket Education

• Gårdstensprojektet
• Arbetsforum Bergsjön, Kortedala
• Jobbhörnan - Angered, Lärjedalen
• Teamsamverkansprojektet -
• gemensamt språk

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The Refugee Unit North EastPartners - Health

• The Crises and Trauma Unit Angered and Sociala
  Huset
• GBGs Psychological-social Unit
• Psychiatric Care
• Emergency Psychiatric Care Lillhagen
• Child and Youth Psychiatric Care Angered
• Dental Care Gunnared, Lärjedalen, Kortedala and
  Bergsjön
• The Health Desk - Gårdsten
• Hospital,
• Östra, Mölndal,Sahlgrenska
• Sesamhuset
• Medical centre, MVC, BVC
• Angered
• Lövgärdet
• Bergsjön
• Hammarkullen
• Hjällbo
• Kortedala
• Child Medical Centre Kortedala

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The Refugee Unit North East Partners Work and
Education

• AF-SFI Lindholmen Job Centre
• Job Centre Svingeln and Angered
• Poolia
• Manpower
• Volvo Car Construction Project
• Double inbalances Bergsjön
• Adult Educational Administration -
  Vuxenutbildningsförvaltningen
• VuxiA
• Educational Organisers - Utblidningsanordnare
• Studium
• Vuxenskolan,
• Kunskapskretsen
• Liber Hermods Angered
• Folkuniversitetet
• Järntorget
• Svea

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The End