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Sweden allocated about 1.8 billion Euro for integration measures
Mariana Andrei - Communication Coordinator
23 February 2015
In December last year the Swedish Parliament voted the economic framework for expenditures and revenue in the 2015 budget. For integration and gender equality 16.8 billion SEK (about 1.8 billion Euro) were allocated, of which 99% is only for integration related measures.
This is an increase of expenditure of 4 billion SEK compared to 2014 and 8 billion SEK compared to 2013. The reason for this is the growing number of asylum seekers in 2014 and the number is expected to continue to grow in 2015.
One of the main issues highlighted in the budget is the problem to find housing for those who receive asylum. In January 2015 there were 12,500 persons with residence permits living in a reception center, awaiting settlement in a municipality. The average time from when a newly arrived person receives a residence permit until their settlement in a municipality has increased from 81 days in 2011 to 133 days in the first quarter of 2014.
Source:
http://ec.europa.eu/ewsi/en/news/newsdetail.cfm?ID_ITEMS=45040
This is an increase of expenditure of 4 billion SEK compared to 2014 and 8 billion SEK compared to 2013. The reason for this is the growing number of asylum seekers in 2014 and the number is expected to continue to grow in 2015.
One of the main issues highlighted in the budget is the problem to find housing for those who receive asylum. In January 2015 there were 12,500 persons with residence permits living in a reception center, awaiting settlement in a municipality. The average time from when a newly arrived person receives a residence permit until their settlement in a municipality has increased from 81 days in 2011 to 133 days in the first quarter of 2014.
Source:
http://ec.europa.eu/ewsi/en/news/newsdetail.cfm?ID_ITEMS=45040
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