Sweden’s political reaction is both measurable and significant in terms of the incessantly evolving political climate of Europe towards the immigration issue. Since 1989, the Swedes have been asked annually what issues they think are the most important in Sweden
Because Norway has an extensive border neighboring Sweden, Finland, and Russia, immigration has long been an issue for the Norwegian government. BBC News. (n.d.) reports on how xenophobic attitudes and political pressure coupled with nationalistic sentiment creates distressing rhetoric resulting in fear for many Norwegians. Norway has devised plans to deport migrants back to their country of origin given the country is deemed safe. These policies have come under the
This is due to its relatively homogeneous population of 5.4 million, a strong sense of national identity, and the fact that, until recently, immigration flows were moderate. Most immigrants in Denmark came from other Nordic or Western countries, and the country experienced more emigration than immigration. The problems the Danish welfare state faces in terms of integrating immigrants are rooted in two interconnected phenomena. One is that the government and the public believe the continued success of Denmark depends on cultural homogeneity. The second is that policies of entry and integration have been inadequately geared to distinguishing between different "categories" of immigrants (e.g. economic migrants versus refugees, male versus female immigrants, Muslim versus non-Muslim), and have also been unprepared for the increase in the number of refugees and family dependents. However, since politicians and the public are beginning to realize that Denmark will need more immigrants in order to cope with the an ageing population and to ensure a sufficient supply of skilled as well as unskilled workers to a booming economy, there are a number of concrete changes in immigration policies. They include automatic citizenship for children born and raised in Denmark, regardless of their parents’ citizenship; equal welfare rights for immigrants and Danes; vast reductions in application fees and cash securities; expanded work benefits
These are issue that the government needs to address in an open discussion with all parties, including the Sweden Democrats. Sweden needs to have more regulations regarding immigration, to make sure that they make it as safe and sustainable as possible. Ending immigration completely, and thereby neglecting refugees who come to Sweden looking for help is not the answer to these problems. Immigrants can also have a positive effect on society, both culturally and economically if we let them. Therefore, Sweden should help as many people as they can afford, independent of religion, race or nationality, and Europe should follow this approach. Together the countries of Europe can help bring these people to safety in a sustainable fashion that secures a state of welfare in the future of Sweden and the rest of the European
The large amount of people has overwhelmed the Swedish government, which took in much more refugees than they where capable of handling. The unemployment rates in Sweden, as well as the far-right, anti-immigrant party election polls, have increased significantly during the past few years. Sweden has become divided between those who welcome the refugees to their country, and those who don’t. It is time for the Swedish government to talk about the immigration issues and confront the Sweden Democrats in an open discussion, in order to solve this immigration crisis in a sustainable fashion without disregarding the Swedish citizen’s concerns or alienating the refugees, who are in need of a safe non-war infested country they can call
Despite the fact that immigrants are raising the country's economy, the government does not provide them an adequate financial support, legal and medical protection. Having arrived in the country, a potential immigrant must submit the documents to the immigration office for reviewing his or her case. Depending on the category of a visa, the person will receive a work permission approximately in 6 months. Before this time, the alien is not allowed to apply for a driver's license, insurance, work, school, and cannot leave the country. Compere to Sweden, where the government pays pension while the alien’s documentations are in the process, the U.S. does not support foreign people until the work permission is approved. It is very difficult to live without even a possibility of income during a long time. In general, a whole documentation process can take from one to five years, or even more. For people, who do not speak English, their new life in America seems like a prison. After receiving a green-card, a person has right to apply for the U.S. Passport, not earlier than in another five years. Brave people, who went through a long documentation process, today establishing their own companies for the benefits of their families, and their
Finnish people aren’t the warmest people in the world, and I often hear foreigners accusing Finns of being unapproachable. I believe it is a cultural norm of ours to give people their space, when in other cultures you show intrest towards the person by indulging them in conversation.The biggest problem for immigrants is the language, which is arguebly a very tough one. Unemployment is also common for most foreigners,
Thus, people’s best step to take is to migrate, and they choose a country which they think is free of the reasons that make them scape. It is not only difficult for America to welcome those immigrants, but it is also extremely difficult for immigrants to leave their homelands. This is not an easy step to take; in fact, they leave everything such as lands, family members, relatives, friends, and most importantly memories. Unfortunately, none of these they will find in America. United States is called the land of immigrants since it has been welcoming immigrants for more than a century. Those immigrants come from all over the world by airplanes, ships, cars, and some by walking. They come with all hope to live a better live than before. Furthermore, immigrants earn less than the U.S. average person and immigrants tend to have low employment wage occupations.
The impact of welfare policy, in particular work-family policy, on the integration of immigrants in the two countries depends on the extent to which welfare policy operates evenly among immigrants and natives. If the policy operates in the same way, the share of dual-earner families among immigrants in Sweden will be higher and therefore the relative position of immigrant families will be better. On the other hand, if the policy does not operate equally, immigrant families might suffer a larger income gap in Sweden. In addition, since Sweden’s welfare policy is more generous than the American, the differences between immigrants and natives will be more pronounced in the U.S. relative to Sweden when we look at income from work and less pronounced
Still not all immigrants have the same reasons, some immigrants run way because of fear due to political or economic raisons, countries that are more developed and more advanced into technology and opportunities. Other raisons that some persons immigrate are for the future of their children, more futuristic perspective. They immigrate to give more opportunities to their children to obtain better lives or being in a better environment.
In the United states there are many cities that are called the “welcoming cities”, they welcome immigrants to benefit their own economy. Many of the startup companies in the Silicon Valley have at least one foreign-born, in 2011 many of the founders of the 28 percent of small businesses where immigrants. Immigrants did add up 6 percent of the high school dropout rates in 1990-2010 but viewing the economy they have made a greater impact in our nations job force. New York, Houston, Los Angeles, and Chicago are some of the most “economic powerhouses”.
The immigration is not a new concept in the 21th century. Throughout history, people would travel into new places to establish better lives. Immigration involves the movement of people from their home country to a host country, which they are not native, to settle and live. People migrate for many reasons; some of which include economic or political reasons, family reunification, natural disasters, or the desire to change one 's surroundings. Today, the influx of migration became a dilemma in European nations, which ultimately brought so many people from other nations to get settled, especially from war countries. Leaving your country into a new place might be the hardest decision in your life you make, since you have no knowledge about it your new place. For the last few years, thousands of immigrants from the Middle East, South Asia, and Asia are crossing the borders of Europe illegally to look for new places and live in better. They take so much risks in their lives and some even cannot make it through due to the brutality of borders and waters of the seas and oceans. Immigrants get drowned in the sea. A friend of mine who left Afghanistan last year with his two children and wife, his older son sunk in the Mediterranean Sea and died. Is it worth it? However, those even who make to their final destinations have also have so much difficulties to get settled. For example, some European nations do not accept the flow of immigrants because they argue that immigrants will
Currently, there are extreme divisions between communities of native citizens and immigrants, but by combining them it will serve the necessary purpose of getting immigrant groups increased representation in regards to district infrastructure and jobs programs. This will also allow immigrants and natives to learn of each other and possibly help ease the xenophobic tendencies of the Europeans and teach Muslim children about the life of their other culture.
Sweden is one of the northernmost countries of Europe. It has a population of 9.8 million people, and 86% of those people live in cities. Sweden’s largest city is its capital, Stockholm. Its size is slightly larger than that of California, making it the 56th largest country in the world. Sweden’s official language is Swedish, though the majority of its citizens can speak English. Its indigenous population consists primarily of Swedes, with smaller Finnish and Sami populations. The more prominent immigrant populations within Sweden include Finns, Yugoslavs, Danes, Norwegians, Greeks, and Turks.
There are many immigrants beacause of racial, religious or political oppression in their native lands. They have to find another country to live in and want to live in advanced countries. At first, advanced countries had opened the borders to accept them. But, beacause of it, there have been many terrors and accidents. Now, people in advanced countries thought, 'Because of them, our countries have been harmed.' So, they closed the border and let immigrants shut off from their countries. But, not seeing only negative aspects, we should turn to different side. If they accept immigrants, they will get benefits. First of all, at a time when there is a shortage of people in the advanced countries,they help in terms of labor or increase in population.