The Local Sweden https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Stockholm drone entrepreneur faces deportation for cutting own salary A Stockholm-based drone entrepreneur has been ordered to leave Sweden within a month after the Migration Agency confirmed its decision to deny him a work visa extension because he went several months without a salary. https://www.thelocal.se/20181120/stockholm-drone-entrepreneur-faces-deportation-for-cutting-own-salary Tue, 20 Nov 2018 15:41:58 +0100 stockholm-drone-entrepreneur-faces-deportation-for-cutting-own-salary Swedish employment office to open in Ethiopia The Swedish Public Employment Service (Arbetsförmedlingen) plans to open an office in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa in an effort to prepare emigrating Somalis for life in Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20130209/46096 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 12:07:00 +0100 46096 Sweden sets immigration record in 2012 Sweden issued a record number of residence permits in 2012, with the total tally ending up at 110,000, a 19-percent hike from 2011 with refugees accounting for the bulk of the increase, statistics from the Swedish Migration Board (Migrationsverket) show. https://www.thelocal.se/20130103/45410 Thu, 03 Jan 2013 18:30:00 +0100 45410 Police slammed for botched deportation Police from Gävleborg in eastern Sweden "deserve serious criticism" for deporting a man to the wrong country in October of last year, the Ombudsman for Justice has ruled. https://www.thelocal.se/20111210/37852 Sat, 10 Dec 2011 11:03:00 +0100 37852 Suffering along the path to suffrage in Sweden There’s nothing like an election to highlight an immigrant’s outsider status. But as Paul O’Mahony explains, the path to citizenship in Sweden isn’t without a bump or two, especially when the journey begins in June. https://www.thelocal.se/20100917/29076 Fri, 17 Sep 2010 12:23:00 +0200 29076