Different policies, different outcomes: The reception of Ukrainian refugees in Sweden and Norway (2023)


Sweden and Norway have chosen different strategies in the face of record high arrival numbers of Ukrainian refugees. This Fafo policy brief discusses the consequences of these policies.

Sweden and Norway have chosen different immigration policy strategies when it comes to the reception of Ukrainian refugees. In this policy brief, Fafo researchers Guri Tyldum, Ida Kjeøy and Ragna Lillevik discuss the consequences of these policies.

The researchers ask whether Sweden, by saving on short-term expenses for integration measures, will have to face more extensive challenges related to poverty and the marginalisation of a new immigrant group.

Read the policy brief here:

Different policies, different outcomes. The reception of Ukrainian refugees in Sweden and Norway (external website) (Fafo, August 2023)

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