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How does asylum reception look like in the Swedish countryside?

Published: 01 June 2017

Researchers at SLU have studied the responsibilities of the municipalities and the civil society and have asked the question; have the municipalities done what they should and what have the people of the civil society contributed with?

The podcast “Landet” has interviewed three researchers at SLU. Kjell Hansen, Cecilia Waldenström and Arvid Stiernström have looked into how the municipality and civil society have handled asylum reception in the towns Hedemora, Leksand and Falun.

The population in the rural areas of Sweden is increasing mainly because of immigration and since the municipalities wish to maintain public and commercial services in the rural areas their goal is to handle reception well enough so that the people who arrive wishes to stay.

Read more and listen to the podcast "Landet" here (in Swedish).


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