Sweden markets itself abroad as a social security office

In parts of the Swedish public has begun to discuss how the recent years of massive immigration is changing the country. So has it in this week hinsidan arous

Ann McDonald
Ann McDonald
31 October 2019 Thursday 08:00
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Sweden markets itself abroad as a social security office

In parts of the Swedish public has begun to discuss how the recent years of massive immigration is changing the country.

So has it in this week hinsidan aroused debate, that the state authority Svenska Institute on its global website in Sweden.see advertises for the country's lucrative social security benefits.

among other things, Arabic and English, the global audience read that parents in Sweden are entitled to one of the world's most generous maternity leave systems.

'In Sweden, parents are entitled to 480 days of paid parental leave when a child is born or adopted. This figure is superhøjt in the international context.'

The official Swedish website advertises, among other things, that there is high social benefits for families with many children and that there is free health care - even for people who are refused asylum and goes under the earth, writes Expressen.

- we are trying To inform you that Sweden is a welfare society, I have no problem with that sign, says Per-Arne Wikström, head of the 'Sverigekommunikation' in the Svenska Institute for TV4 - Sweden's equivalent of the TV 2.

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But not all agree with him.

'Now it must be enough with dumhederne. Market like Sweden with engineering, nobel prize, and diligence. But not as a bistandsmekka,' writes His Eklind, member of the reichstag for the opposition party called kristdemokraterna.

the leader of the opposition Ulf Kristersson of the moderate party is also critical.

- It is completely unfair. If you explicitly tell that you can get a lot of money, if you have many children and inform about the advantages you have, if you are staying in the country illegally - so you can send all the wrong signals about what Sweden will be, and the government should take responsibility for, he appeals in TV4.

The Swedish foreign minister Ann Linde promises that she will take a talk with the director general of the Swedish Institute.

- I think it is important to have a balanced information and do not lure people here only because of welfare. It is then an unfortunate balance, she says.

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Updated: 31.10.2019 08:00