Emma Löfgren
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Emma Löfgren
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Senior news editor and solutions journalism trainer. Works for The Local Europe in Sweden + writes for The Fix Media. Mentor at Digital Women Leaders.
Så oimponerande chefskap från Kristersson också. Om en medarbetare går igenom vad som mkt väl kan vara en otroligt jobbig tid privat kan man tycka att chefen borde skydda dem genom att hålla sig framme, svara på frågor och ta smällen, inte gömma sig.
July 9, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Blir lite konstigt också eftersom det är motsatsen till uppenbart om man inte är insatt i riksdagens utskott att migrationsfrågor hör till socialförsäkringsutskottet, så det blir ju nästan som att andra ministrar blir mer misstänkta för gemene man
July 9, 2025 at 2:52 PM
5. This affects ALL nationalities, despite Migration Minister Johan Forssell's promise to The Local's readers that work permit holders and people from countries without security concerns shouldn't have to worry about the security checks delaying their applications. www.thelocal.se/20250110/lab...
Labour migrants to Sweden 'shouldn't worry about citizenship checks'
The additional checks on citizenship applications announced this week will be targeted at refugees from 'high-risk' countries, with people who have come to Sweden to work unaffected, Sweden's Migratio...
www.thelocal.se
May 15, 2025 at 8:16 AM
4. A Migration Agency spokesperson confirmed to The Local that they are unable to approve these standard kinds of citizenship applications at the moment, until they've set up new routines for in-person identification as part of the security checks ordered by the government.
May 15, 2025 at 8:16 AM
3. Those are so-called "naturalisation cases", which by far make up the majority of citizenship cases – basically the ones you think of when you think of citizenship applications.
May 15, 2025 at 8:16 AM
2. There are now more detailed stats publicly available, which show that the Migration Agency approved a total of SIX standard citizenship applications in April (to compare: in March the figure was 3,234).
May 15, 2025 at 8:16 AM
May 12, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Tusentals personer med arbetstillstånd riskerar förlora sin rätt att bo och arbeta i Sverige pga att regeringen gick emot lagrådet och vägrade övergångsbestämmelser.

Flera av de läsare som berättat sin historia för The Local har viktiga jobb i bl a sjukvården. www.thelocal.se/20250321/we-...
'We didn't do anything wrong': Foreign workers blindsided by Sweden's 'spårbyte' repeal
Sweden's decision to abolish 'track changes' ('spårbyte') – a permit path which allowed rejected asylum seekers to switch to a work permit without having to leave the country – means thousands of peop...
www.thelocal.se
March 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM