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LISTEN: Why foreigners are furious about ‘humiliating’ work permit delays

In this week's episode we discuss: losing your driving licence; a Swedish Nobel prizewinner; no to high-speed rail; Nord Stream; Nato; and foreigners trapped by work permit delays.

Published: 8 October 2022 08:08 CEST

In the latest episode of our Sweden in Focus podcast, host Paul O’Mahony is joined by The Local’s Becky Waterton, Richard Orange and James Savage, as well as three people affected by the migration agency’s work permit renewal delays.

Tune in for to hear all about: how you can lose your driving licence in Sweden; a worthy Swedish Nobel prizewinner; the right-wing bloc’s intention to ditch plans for a high-speed rail network; a round-up of a security situation described by the foreign minister as the worst since the 1980s; and, finally, for our main topic this week we discuss a petition signed by thousands of foreigner workers hit by major migration agency delays that effectively prevent them from leaving Sweden.

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READ ALSO: ‘Sweden is like a big prison’: The tech workers trapped by work permit delays

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Host Paul O’Mahony is joined by John Stauffer, legal director for the human rights organization Civil Rights Defenders.

They talk about a new rule of law report (PDF) released by the Civil Liberties Union of Europe which shows Sweden regressing in multiple areas.

We had the same guest on the podcast shortly after the 2022 election to talk about the Tidö agreement, a policy programme signed by the government and the Sweden Democrats that he said undermined the rule of law and democracy.

Since then the government has been rolling out some of the controversial policies laid out in the agreement. This month for example will see police given the right to implement stop-and-search zones in vulnerable areas, allowing them to search people and vehicles without concrete suspicion that a crime has been committed.

In this week’s Sweden in Focus Extra we take a closer look at the rule of law report, why Sweden is regressing and what it can do to get back on track.

ARCHIVE: ‘Civil rights groups in Sweden can fight this government’s repressive proposals’

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