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Facts about the reform:

On December 2010 the Swedish Public Employment Service was given the responsibility for newly arrived refugees who had been granted permission to stay.
The reform's aim is to shorten the time it takes for refugees to establish themselves in society.
A person who has been granted permission to stay will immediately be linked to a job centre, which will assess the person's skills. The job centre will also recommend a place to live and within two months it must present an introduction plan.
The new arrival will then be free to choose a place to live.
The job centre will decide on a possible introduction benefit which can last up to two years.
This will be paid out by the social insurance office, which can also decide whether to pay supplementary introduction benefit for housing.
Municipalities retain the responsibility for language training (Swedish For Immigrants) and for society and culture training.
They also retain responsibility for accommodation, schooling and child care.
The county administration will coordinate the different parties and is responsible for evaluation.

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