Will Sweden's new citizenship rules put foreign workers off?
Sweden's government promised a paradigm shift on immigration and this was a week in which they moved ahead with some cornerstone policies.
As we spoke about in last week's podcast, enhanced security checks are expected to slow down decisions on citizenship by a migration authority already struggling to manage a backlog of more than 80,000 applications.
The head of a government inquiry this week recommended a grace period for existing applicants as Sweden moves to extend residency requirements from five to eight years for citizenship. In this week's episode politicians remind us that they're…
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