Government battles universities on citizenship tests, and is Sweden the new Mediterranean? For Membership+ subscribers: why citizens of some countries are struggling to get permanent residency, and sensitive documents found in airport toilet.
Government battles universities on citizenship tests, and is Sweden the new Mediterranean? For Membership+ subscribers: why citizens of some countries are struggling to get permanent residency, and sensitive documents found in airport toilet.
Government battles universities on citizenship tests, and is Sweden the new Mediterranean? For Membership+ subscribers: why citizens of some countries are struggling to get permanent residency, and sensitive documents found in airport toilet.
In this week’s episode we talk about the government’s plans for citizenship tests and why universities want nothing to do with creating them. And when does autumn start in Sweden? Have we given up on summer already?
For Membership+ subscribers, we examine why increasing numbers of Russians, Iranians and Chinese people are being denied permanent residence and the extent to which national security concerns clash with Sweden’s goal of attracting more foreign researchers.
Finally, we discuss the government’s uncanny knack of mislaying sensitive documents after it emerged that an official left a folder in a toilet at Arlanda airport during Sweden’s tense Nato negotiations with Turkey.
Host Paul O’Mahony is joined this week by regular panelists Becky Waterton and James Savage.
Here are links to some of the topics discussed in the episode:
Citizenship
Summer
Immigration
Politics
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