In a former office building estate in an industrial estate in southern Sweden, a world exists that isn't quite a prison — yet few are free to leave. The Local's Richard Orange visits the Migration Agency's detention centre in Åstorp..
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A set of internal incident reports from detention centres operated by the Swedish Migration Agency, obtained by The Local, has revealed racist and degrading behaviour from detention centre staff, and unacceptably poor co…
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Sweden's National Audit Office has issued a damning report into immigrant detention centres run by the Swedish Migration Agency, accusing it, among other shortcomings, of "routinely applying coercive and controlling meas…
Three foreigners who have been detained at Migration Agency's detention centre in Åstorp have complained of conditions "worse than Guantanamo", with overcrowding, substandard food, and inadequate treatment for mental hea…
British national Nigel Davies, who missed the post-Brexit deadline to get residency in Sweden, was this month seized by Swedish police, locked up for three nights and then forcibly deported to the UK.
Selma Gúsic from the Swedish Institute for Human Rights and (left) childrens artwork.Lyssna: Overcrowding and privacy shortcomings reported at Swedish Migration Agency’s asThe Migration Agency says it is working to impro…
A Swedish truth commission has urged the state to apologise for injustices committed against its indigenous Sami people, including assimilation programmes, and provide compensation and redress.
The so-called 'red-green' parties of Sweden's left and centre-left wing have been keeping silent about any meetings about forming a government that may or may not be happening. But an unnamed Left Party source says the C…
Sweden's Centre Party, which could become the kingmaker after Sweden's tight election result, has announced its willingness to start government talks with the centre-right Social Democrats.
The leader of Sweden's Centre Party has said that scrapping the salary threshold for Swedish work permits would be 'one of the first decisions' that would be taken if a centrist government takes power in Sweden.
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As Sweden doesn't yet have a new government, outgoing Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson will present a caretaker budget in November. It will be completely devoid of election pledges and fresh policy initiatives – exc…
Sweden is expected to hike its interest rate – and the budget deadline is fast approaching, as well as the deadline for sending Christmas presents outside Europe. Here's that and everything else that changes in November.
This week's Sweden in Focus Extra podcast features an interview with Matilda Molander, head of the green and liberal Fores think tank.
A 60-year-old woman who was rejected for a job because of her age has been awarded 50,000 kronor in compensation.
Speaker to call party leaders after Centre Party fails to forge centrist government – and Swedish security firm pays out 50,000 kronor over age discrimination. Here's the latest news.
When something in a culture becomes so iconic that it's ubiquitous, it can be easy to assume that its status is overblown. But even after all this time and exposure, Pippi Longstocking still lives up to the hype, writes…
As Sweden's annual 'reading break' for schoolchildren gets under way, we want to know what Swedish children's books have had a real impact on you or your children.
Winter is coming, and in Sweden, that means darkness – in some places, round-the-clock. Reflectors are a key safety tool in the Swedish winter darkness, and they're not just for kids. Here's how they work, and how to use…
