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Somalis find it easier to obtain a job and career in other leading countries than Sweden

Monday, 05 November 2012
Somali immigrants have fared better in the labour market in the United States and Canada than in Sweden, intensifying the question whether the Swedish society and job market is institutionally racist or that the Swedish authorities just lack the skills to harness the knowledge of the Somalis.

According to radio Sweden, a report published on Monday commissioned by the Swedish Government's Commission for the Future, show that Somalis are the fastest growing group of immigrants in Sweden, but that only one out of five of them have a chance of getting a job in Sweden.

Somalis as a group have so far done very badly in terms of developing a career base in Sweden and if asked, most of them will say that there is no dream in Sweden. According to the report "Somalis in the labour market," Sweden has something to learn, according to the author, Professor Benny Carlsson of Lund University, commissioned by the Swedish government. He identify that Somalis for example, in the U.S. and Canada have found it a lot easier to develop a career and get a job. There, every immigrant Somalis work while only one in five has a job here in Sweden.

According to the report, there are several things that Sweden can emulate. For example, Somali service organizations should be encouraged to help with applying for jobs, housing, education and even starting a business.
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In Sweden, it is only half a percent of Somalis who are employed in Sweden, while in the U.S. and Canada it is just over five percent.

Immigrants from Somalia are the fastest growing immigrant group in Sweden. Today there are about 40,000 people here and according to the Swedish Migration Board forecasts, that number will be 20,000 more as asylum-seekers and their families from the war-toned country continue to grow next year.

Most important explanation for difficulties Somalis have in obtaining a job in the Swedish job market has been that over half of the group that arrived in Sweden some past five years ago, 70 percent have low or unknown educational level. The question asked now is why do they excel better in other countries with similar backgrounds than in Sweden?
By Scancomark.com Team

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