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 Education key to Balkan refugee integration Refugees who came to Sweden during the Balkan war are faring comparatively well almost two decades after migration peaked in 1994, with seven out of ten employed today, although figures were gloomier for the less-educated. https://www.thelocal.se/20130218/46260 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 15:45:00 +0100 46260 Flow of asylum seekers to Sweden expected to drop: agency Sweden’s Migration Board (Migrationsverket) doesn’t forecast a rise in the number of asylum seekers coming to the country, but instead expects more relatives of existing refugees to seek residency in Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20090508/19340 Fri, 08 May 2009 19:39:00 +0200 19340 Six men flee Migration Board detention centres A total of six men escaped from detention centres run by Sweden’s Migration Board (Migrationsverket) on Sunday evening in two separate incidents. https://www.thelocal.se/20090126/17150 Mon, 26 Jan 2009 07:45:00 +0100 17150 Migration Board to blacklist ineffectual asylum lawyers The Migration Board (Migrationsverket) has begun blacklisting attorneys the agency deems unfit for handling the cases of asylum seekers in Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20081112/15620 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:59:00 +0100 15620