Goran Lindqvist, FORUM 21 Council of Europe
We are aware, that Sweden internationally has a good reputation for having ambitious integration policies... On the one hand, the MIPEX results certainly reflect the crucial importance integration issues have in Sweden, both in politics and in the media. On the other hand, it must be borne in mind that they measure policies, not the outcome of policies. With this background it could be seen as a paradox that within Sweden, it is a widely held view among virtually all political parties and in the media, that our integration policies have so far failed, in the respect that they have not been able to put an end to inequalities between immigrants and others ...READ MORE.
