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In 2011 general population was 9.482.855

Number 9482855

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The population of Sweden increased by 67 285 people during 2011 and was at the end of the year  9.482 855.

 

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Source: Statistiska centralbyrån, http://www.scb.se (accessed 2012-03-10). 

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Migrants (Foreign born)  in Sweden on 31 December 2010;  total 1 384 929 people. Those included in the category foreign background are foreign born and native-born with two foreign born parents (http://www.scb.se). 

Number 1384929

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In 2010, 69 916 valid residence permits were issued

Number(s) 69916

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Residence permits because of asylum, refugees	12073
Residence permits because of asylum, (UN Convention)   Residence permit because of asylum, other   Residence permit because asylum, Humanitarian reasons	2304       6814       860
Family reunification of spouse/cohabitor	24626
EU/EEA residence permits in total	18480
Residence permits because of work	99
Residence permits because of education	14 188
Adoption children	450
Total number of residence permits 2010	69 916

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The capital Stockholm had a polulation of 2 091 473 at the end of 2011. 

Number 2091473

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The total of people with a migrant (foreign) background living in Stockholm County at the end of 2010 was 435.434. The categories are; people from Finland, the rest of the Nordic countries (Norway, Iceland, Denmark), the rest of Europe and the rest of the world. 

Number 435434

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Finland	The rest of the Nordic countries	The rest of Europe	The rest of the world
56 516	12 842	144 796	221 280

 

The total of people with a migrant (foreign) background living in Stockholm County at the end of 2010. Migrant (foreign) background refers to persons born in or outside the country, whether the parents were born in or outside Sweden. 

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Source: The Swedish National Institute of Public Health, http://app.fhi.se/PXwebFHI/Dialog/Saveshow.asp (accessed 2012-03-10).

 

 

 

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In 2011 the number of asylum seekers was 29648. 

Number 29648

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Number of asylum seekers from 2000 - 2010

Year		Number of asylum seekers
2000		16303
2001		23515
2002		33016
2003		31355
2004		23161
2005		17530
2006		24322
2007		36207
2008		24353
2009		24194
2010		31819
Total		640 466

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In 2010, 18 480    residence permits were given to people from EU/EEA and 99 residence permits were given to people from the rest of the world. There is no restrictions in the form of a max. limit to the issue of permissions.

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The five recognised national minorities in Sweden are the Roma, Swedish Finns, Tornedalers, Sami and Jews. There are only estimates of the overall settled Minorities' Population in Sweden (slightly more than half a million).

Official or estimates Estimates

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According to figures from a report published by The Swedish National Institute of Public Health (Folkhälsoinstitutet) there are slightly more than half a million people in Sweden  estimated to belong to the national minorities - Swedish Finns, Sami, Roma, Tornedalers and Jews (Public Health Policy Report 2010- public health of the future – everyone’s responsibility, http://www.fhi.se/PageFiles/10555/R2010-16-folkhalsopolitisk-rapport-2010.pdf. p. 44). Accessed 2012-03-10

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About 50,000.

Number 50000 Official or estimates estimate

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The Roma minority of Sweden is estimated to 50.000, including five major groups defined by their respective period of arrival in Sweden. The number of Roma has grown substantially during the past decades primarily because of immigration from new EU member states and from the wars in former Yugoslavia. About half of the Swedish Roma minority are represented by the Swedish Travellers, a Roma group with roots in Roma arriving in the 16th century, the rest arriving at later stages. Today, the Roma have the status of a national minority in Sweden. 

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Source: Romers rätt – en strategi för romer i Sverige, Betänkande av Delegationen för romska frågor, Stockholm, SOU 2010:55, http://www.levandehistoria.se/files/66e467ad.pdf

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Not available.

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Muslims are a category that is not included in the population statistics. The (1998:204) Act on Personal Information (Personuppgiftslagen) contains the general rules on the right to register personal information. There is a general prohibition to register (among other things) such “sensitive personal information” as ethnicity, religion or other belief and information concerning health and sexual life including sexual orientation." Therefore it’s not easy to assess how many muslims are in Sweden. 

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Source: Personuppgiftslagen (1998:204), http://www.notisum.se/rnp/sls/lag/19980204.htm

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In 2011, asylum seekers that received refugee status according to international protection were 

2336 people. 

Number 2336 % on applications examined 7.7 Main groups Somalia, Afghanistan, Iraq

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 Asylum decisions granted by the Swedish Migration Board in 2011 were 9088 of a total of 30404 asylum applications. The proportion of total number of granted decisions was 30%. 

 

In 2011, asylum seekers that received refugee status according to international protection were 2336 people. 

 

Table: Asylum decisions granted by the Swedish Migration Board in 2011

 

	Children in falily	Unaccompanied children	Adults	Total
Convention refugee	560	160	1616	2336
Persons in need of protection	926	1292	3171	5389
Particularly distressing circumstances	228	579	270	1077
Other, for eaxmple temporary residence permit	85	5	196	286
Total	1799	2036	5253	9088

 

 

 

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Source: 

Migrationinfo.se, http://www.migrationsinfo.se/migration/sverige/asylsokande/ (accessed 2012-03-12). 

The Swedish Migration Board, http://www.migrationsverket.se/info/443_en.html (accessed 2012-03-12). 

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In 2011, there were 5389 refugees who were granted subsidiary protection in Sweden at the first instance, that is to say the Swedish Migration Board. 

Number 5389 % on applications examined 18 Main groups Somalia, Afganistan and Eritrea.

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The three largets groups granted subsidiary protection in Sweden were from Somalia, Afganistan and Eritrea. The table below only refers to decisions that have been made at the first instance, that is to say the Swedish Migration Board. 

 

Somalia	2292
Afghanistan	1735
Eritrea	1029

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Source: The Swedish Migration Board, http://www.migrationsverket.se/info/5357_en.html (accessed 2012-03-12). 

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According to reports from the Swedish Migration Board, about 2,657 unaccompanied children came to Sweden during 2011.

Number 2657

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According to reports from the Swedish Migration Board, which is a state agency that receives and collects data on unaccompanied minors, in a few years, the proportion of unaccompanied minors has increased from 2 to 10% of the total number of asylum seekers. The majority (close to 80%) of them were boys and of those, just over half were 16-17 years old. According to reports from the Swedish Migration Board, about 2,657 unaccompanied children came to Sweden during 2011.[1]

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In 2010, the number of identified victims of trafficking were 32. 

Number 32 Main groups Eastern Europe

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In 2010, the number of victims of trafficking 18 years or older were identified in 25 cases by the police and 7 cases of victims of trafficking under 18 years were identified ( The Swedish National Council on Crime prevention (Brottsförebygganderådet, Brå) http://www.bra.se/(accessed 2012-03-12).

In its second report, ECRI mentioned the continuing problem of trafficking in women for prostitution purposes. The National Criminal Investigation Department (NCID) estimates that between 400-600 women, mostly from Eastern Europe, are victims of such trafficking in Sweden each year (http://www.humanrights.gov.se/dynamaster/file_archive/050614/f7619fe059c91a5e9cef8d8ab533e1ba/3rapportsweden.pdf) (accessed 2012-03-12).

 

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It is difficult to assess the number of pupils in primary education with a foreign background since Sweden is restrictive in providing official statistics concerning ethnic origin other than citizenship and country of birth. 

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Sweden does not maintain official statistics concerning ethnic origin other than citizenship and country of birth. The main rule according to the Swedish Personal Data Act (1998:204) states that ’[...] the maintenance of personal data that reveals race or ethnic origin is prohibited’.[1] In the opinions delivered by the Advisory Committee established under the Council of Europe’s Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (FCNM) the lack of data was critiqued as contributing to the complication of the formulation, implementation, evaluation and improvement of minority policies.

 

As regards the main groups of  pupils in primary education with a foreign background, there are some indications from Statistic Sweden (SCB)  based on citizenship and country of birth that shows that the main groups are from Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Somalia.

 

[1] Personuppgiftslag (1998:204) 13 § http://www.notisum.se/rnp/SLS/lag/19980204.HTM (accessed 2012-03-10).

Statistic Sweden (Statistiska Central Byrån, SCB), http://www.scb.se/statistik/_publikationer/LE0105_2011A01_BR_BE57BR1101.pdf (accessed 2012-03-10).

 

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Sweden does not maintain official statistics concerning ethnic origin other than citizenship and country of birth. The main rule according to the Swedish Personal Data Act (1998:204). Therefore it is difficult to find data on the tertiary education of pupil with a migrant background. 

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Sweden does not maintain official statistics concerning ethnic origin other than citizenship and country of birth. The main rule according to the Swedish Personal Data Act (1998:204) states that ’[...] the maintenance of personal data that reveals race or ethnic origin is prohibited’.[1] In the opinions delivered by the Advisory Committee established under the Council of Europe’s Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (FCNM) the lack of data was critiqued as contributing to the complication of the formulation, implementation, evaluation and improvement of minority policies.

 

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There are only estimates of the total pupils of migrants parents/background in schools. Sweden does not maintain official statistics concerning ethnic origin other than citizenship and country of birth. The main rule according to the Swedish Personal Data Act (1998:204). 

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There are 112 schools in Sweden where the proportion students with foreign background are over 50 percent.  In total there are approximately 1600 primary schools in Sweden. The share of children with foreign background is 13 percent of the children, aged 0-17 years in Sweden. This total should correspond to the total pupils of migrants parents/background in schools (Statistics Sweden, Demographic Reports 2007:2, Children, segregated housing and school results), http://www.scb.se/statistik/_publikationer/le0102_2006a01_br_be51st0702.pdf). 

 

Sweden does not maintain official statistics concerning ethnic origin other than citizenship and country of birth. The main rule according to the Swedish Personal Data Act (1998:204) states that ’[...] the maintenance of personal data that reveals race or ethnic origin is prohibited’.[1] In the opinions delivered by the Advisory Committee established under the Council of Europe’s Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (FCNM) the lack of data was critiqued as contributing to the complication of the formulation, implementation, evaluation and improvement of minority policies.

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There is no data about the primary education population of pupils with Roma parents. 

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Sweden does not maintain official statistics concerning ethnic origin other than citizenship and country of birth. The main rule according to the Swedish Personal Data Act (1998:204) states that ’[...] the maintenance of personal data that reveals race or ethnic origin is prohibited’.[1] In the opinions delivered by the Advisory Committee established under the Council of Europe’s Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (FCNM) the lack of data was critiqued as contributing to the complication of the formulation, implementation, evaluation and improvement of minority policies.

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There is no data about the secondary education population of pupils with Roma parents. 

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Sweden does not maintain official statistics concerning ethnic origin other than citizenship and country of birth. The main rule according to the Swedish Personal Data Act (1998:204) states that ’[...] the maintenance of personal data that reveals race or ethnic origin is prohibited’.[1] In the opinions delivered by the Advisory Committee established under the Council of Europe’s Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (FCNM) the lack of data was critiqued as contributing to the complication of the formulation, implementation, evaluation and improvement of minority policies.

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There is no data about the tertiary Roma minority population. 

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Sweden does not maintain official statistics concerning ethnic origin other than citizenship and country of birth. The main rule according to the Swedish Personal Data Act (1998:204) states that ’[...] the maintenance of personal data that reveals race or ethnic origin is prohibited’.[1] In the opinions delivered by the Advisory Committee established under the Council of Europe’s Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (FCNM) the lack of data was critiqued as contributing to the complication of the formulation, implementation, evaluation and improvement of minority policies.

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There is no data on the total pupils of Roma parents in schools. Sweden does not maintain official statistics concerning ethnic origin other than citizenship and country of birth. 

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Sweden does not maintain official statistics concerning ethnic origin other than citizenship and country of birth. The main rule according to the Swedish Personal Data Act (1998:204) states that ’[...] the maintenance of personal data that reveals race or ethnic origin is prohibited’.[1] In the opinions delivered by the Advisory Committee established under the Council of Europe’s Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (FCNM) the lack of data was critiqued as contributing to the complication of the formulation, implementation, evaluation and improvement of minority policies.

External Url http://www.notisum.se/rnp/SLS/lag/19980204.HTM

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