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 Can a new award for Swedish employers help turn a new leaf after the so-called 'talent deportations' in recent years? That's what one non-profit organisation for foreign professionals hopes. https://www.thelocal.se/20200309/who-are-swedens-leaders-of-diversity-new-award-to-celebrate-employers Mon, 09 Mar 2020 17:11:30 +0100 who-are-swedens-leaders-of-diversity-new-award-to-celebrate-employers A Lebanese pharma entrepreneur who faced deportation for lowering his own salary has won the right to stay in Sweden, following a long court battle. https://www.thelocal.se/20190331/pharma-entrepreneur-wins-right-to-stay-in-sweden Sun, 31 Mar 2019 13:52:00 +0200 pharma-entrepreneur-wins-right-to-stay-in-sweden Raja Makendran has just started to forge a career as a head chef in Sweden. Now, he is due to be deported because of a technicality, the Indian argues in an opinion piece. https://www.thelocal.se/20170317/opinion-i-worked-hard-to-become-a-head-chef-in-sweden-now-im-being-deported-unfairly Fri, 17 Mar 2017 18:02:08 +0100 opinion-i-worked-hard-to-become-a-head-chef-in-sweden-now-im-being-deported-unfairly Fleeing Ethiopia to seek asylum in Sweden has meant both renewed hope in life as well as despair, writes journalist Habtamu Bogale Alemu. https://www.thelocal.se/20160809/my-year-of-hope-and-despair-in-sweden Tue, 09 Aug 2016 08:59:00 +0200 my-year-of-hope-and-despair-in-sweden Foreign guest workers are being tricked into coming to Sweden and forced to work under slave-like conditions, according to a new report which identifies the trade as a lucrative part of international organised crime. https://www.thelocal.se/20101222/31004 Wed, 22 Dec 2010 08:12:00 +0100 31004 Sweden's Parliamentary Ombudsman (Justitieombudsmannen - JO) has rapped the Migration Board (Migrationsverket) over its controversial reassignment of Lennart Eriksson, an employee who had voiced pro-Israeli opinions on his personal blog. https://www.thelocal.se/20090928/22340 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:26:00 +0200 22340