PART 2

Cultural factor
There is also a cultural factor that contributes to the fact that the integration into society and the labor market generally goes better for migrants from more neighboring countries than for those who come from the third world.

- We have seen that historically when it came to refugees from Hungary in 1956, Czechoslovakia in 1968 and Bosnia in the early 90s, explains Hammarstedt.

Busting myths
The language is usually said to be the key to entering the Swedish labor market. From the political left, it has also been argued that permanent residence permits, as opposed to temporary ones, would be an important factor.

The Ukrainians have shown that it can still work if you add the withers. Despite the fact that this group only has temporary residence permits according to the EU's mass migration directive and lacks the right to Swedish for immigrants (SFI), they succeed significantly better and in a significantly shorter time to go from being a burden to society to contributing to society compared to other migrant groups which gained access to the entire battery of integration-promoting measures.

However, the survey shows that the Ukrainians would probably succeed even better if, like other migrants, they also received more help in learning Swedish. It is also the biggest request from the group in the completed survey. The government and the Sweden Democrats have heeded the request and in the spring amendment budget for 2023, an extra 100 million is set aside to allow SFI education to include Ukrainian refugees as well.

Take the jobs they can get
Consistent for the Ukrainian group is also that they are prepared to take the job they get, even if it is not as qualified as the one they had in their home country. Many with a university education are not afraid to take on, for example, cleaning jobs in order to support themselves and relieve the Swedish taxpayers who were already carrying a large burden of support for other migrant groups.

Since the Russian invasion, approximately 55,000 Ukrainian refugees have come to Sweden. However, close to 20,000 of these have already returned.