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Helping new arrivals realise their dreams
“I have been thinking lately that I have experience many others lack, which allows me some degree of authority to speak on what works and what doesn’t when it comes to integration policy,” says Nyamko Sabuni, Sweden’s Minister for Integration and Gender Equality.
3 minutes
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Immigration policy change: from humanism to pragmatism
The term refugee could be disappearing. People are deemed immigrants and allowed in if a country feels they could be useful. Current demography dictates a stimulation of labour immigration, while asylum policies are being tightened. Europe’s migration policy is changing shape.
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Holding on to the foreign workers
More and more Danish companies are increasing their drive to recruit foreign workers. Wind turbine producer Vestas has experienced the importance of creating a social network for foreign workers, and how important it is to help their spouses to find work too.
5 minutes
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Iceland: light at the end of the tunnel?
When faced with an economic crisis, Icelanders used to simply buckle down and work harder for a while. Now they’re faced with the unusual situation of having no jobs to go to. This economic crisis has hit everybody hard, and especially the unemployed.
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Making new welfare policy in the US
Can conditional cash payments help your kids stay in school or do well on tests or help families beat the poverty trap? It was proven successful in Mexico, New York City is testing it now, and Britain’s Gordon Brown is watching closely to see if there is something to learn.
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A new labour policy for the North
Norway should completely open up its three northernmost counties to labour immigration from Russia. The government also wants to end restrictions on labour from Bulgaria and Romania earlier than planned.
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From before cradle to grave
If the new president asked: What would you recommend to really combat poverty?
2 minutes
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Finland: New government wants increased immigration
Finland has one of the lowest immigration rates in the EU, while its population is ageing quicker than anywhere else in the Union. That does not bode well for the country’s future labour market. Now the new government wants to increase labour immigration. But the situation for those already in the country must be improved…
6 minutes
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Theme: The hunt for manpower is on
Will there be enough manpower when economies grow year on year while populations are ageing? No, say many employers in the Nordic countries. Their warning is that lack of manpower will jeopardise economic growth and innovation. Governments too are on the alert. Welfare states are dependent on enough workers to keep ticking over.
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Theme: The hunt for manpower is on
Will there be enough manpower when economies grow year on year while populations are ageing? No, say many employers in the Nordic countries. Their warning is that lack of manpower will jeopardise economic growth and innovation. Governments too are on the alert. Welfare states are dependent on enough workers to keep ticking over.
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