Swedish government pushes ahead with plan to jail 13-year-old criminals
Despite scathing criticism from top legal experts, Sweden's government is moving forward with its plan to jail 13-year-olds found guilty of serious crimes.
The Swedish government plans to push ahead with proposals for a mandatory language preschool, despite its own official investigator warning against the move..
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Despite scathing criticism from top legal experts, Sweden's government is moving forward with its plan to jail 13-year-olds found guilty of serious crimes.
Sweden's government has dropped plans to bring in compulsory language tests for those applying for permanent residency, a spokesperson for Migration Minister Johan Forssell has told The Local.
Sweden’s government wants to investigate the possibility of introducing tests to screen the Swedish skills of young children to make sure they can speak the language sufficiently before starting school or preschool.
Sweden's government has delayed the launch of the first language test for citizenship for over a year after Stockholm University, which was responsible for developing the test, said it could not have it ready in time.
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The new language and civics requirements for Swedish citizenship will start to apply from June 6th, even though the official tests will not be ready. Applicants will be required to prove their ability in other ways, the…
Sweden's government has a plan to bring in its centrepiece citizenship law next year, despite the universities responsible for language and civics tests saying they can not meet the deadline of next August.
Sweden's long-planned language and civics tests for citizenship could be delayed by as much as two years, Swedish media reports, claiming the government agencies responsible have said meeting the proposed start date of A…
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