Between Opportunity and Constraint: Understanding the Onward Migration of Highly Educated Iranian Refugees from Sweden

In the 1980s and early 1990s, more than 50,000 Iranian refugees moved to Sweden. The Swedish state attended to their immediate needs, providing housing, language training, and other types of support. Moreover, these migrants had almost immediate access to all the benefits of the Swedish welfare stat...

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Volume:	17
Main Author:	Kelly, Melissa Hedman, Lina
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Zielgruppe:	Academic
Place of publication:	Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.08.2016 Springer
published in:	Journal of international migration and integration Vol. 17; no. 3; pp. 649 - 667
Data of publication:	20160800
ISSN:	1488-3473 1874-6365
EISSN:	1874-6365
Discipline:	Political Science
Subjects:	Population Economics Iranian refugees Sweden Social Sciences Demography Mixed methods Migration Onward migration Labor market integration Sociology, general Structure and agency Unemployment insurance Refugees Labor market Housing Unemployment Dwellings
Online Access:	Fulltext
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