The Swedish state will provide work experience for refugees in Sweden
The government of Sweden plans to create 1,000 government-sponsored internships at public institutions for refugees who have been granted residence permits.
The refugees can thus can get work experience at one of 203 different government agencies. The government hopes the measure will help refugees with residence permits in enter ing the labor market, by giving them the opportunity to network and making them become better at speaking Swedish.
Arbetsförmedlingen hope the measure will be implemented.
– We welcome this, because it increases our chance to get internships, says Patrik Svensson, Press Manager at Arbetsförmedlingen.
Source: NTB scanpix / Norway Today