In this bonus episode of our Sweden in Focus podcast, host Paul O’Mahony is joined by panelists James Savage, Richard Orange, and Becky Waterton for Part 2 of our interview with Mikael Ribbenvik, the director general of the Swedish Migration Agency.

Topics covered include:

Fast-track phase-out

• Swedish Migration Agency to propose new system for skilled migrants 

Study or work?

• Swedish government orders crackdown on work and residence permit abuses

Permanent residency?

• Boss of Sweden’s Migration Agency: ‘I’d be worried if I had permanent residency’
• ‘Work permit holders will not lose permanent residency’: Swedish Migration Minister

2015 crisis

• How Sweden handled the refugee crisis: report

Refugees from Ukraine

• EXPLAINED: What problems are Ukrainian refugees facing in Sweden?

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