Parties spell out their immigration and integration proposals

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Parties spell out their immigration and integration proposals
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The Moderates

+ Asylum immigration remains at the EU's minimum level

+ Establish a Sweden contract to live by Sweden's fundamental values

+ Integration zones in vulnerable areas

+ Honorary screening and raised age limit for family immigration

+ Fast track to citizenship for well-integrated people

+ Reform SFI and limit the right to publicly funded interpreters

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Sweden Democrats

+ Asylum immigration should be as low as possible

+ Further tightened requirements for work permits

+ Stop accepting quota refugees completely

+ Revoke permanent residence permits

+ Expand the repatriation grant to Swedish citizens as well

+ Veil ban in public places

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Christian Democrats

+ Continued tight migration in line with Sweden's neighbouring countries

+ Establish a coordinator for converts

+ Develop and improve the EU's migration pact

+ Asylum immigration should primarily be managed through a quota refugee system

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Liberals

+ Introduce a valve to make it easier for "well-established people" to apply for and renew residence permits

+ Move responsibility for labour immigration to a new authority for faster processing

+ Lower the wage requirement for immigrant workers

+ Establish special "regular schools" in areas of exclusion

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Social Democrats

+ Strict migration policy - no "unreasonable deportation policy"

+ Rapidly investigate solution to prevent teenagers with strong ties to Sweden from being deported

+ Means-tested labour immigration and wages that correspond to Swedish collective agreements

+ Softer rules for dependent immigrants - for example, removing support requirements for extension decisions

+ Limit the movement of new arrivals into vulnerable areas

+ Language and civics requirements for being granted a permanent residence permit

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The Green Party

+ Stop “unreasonable” expulsions

+ Reintroduce permanent residence permits

+ Reintroduce “particularly painful” reasons so that, for example, teenagers can stay

+ Keep families together - relax the stricter requirements for family immigration

+ Increase the number of quota refugees to 5,000

+ Sweden will not buy its way out of the EU's asylum pact

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The Left Party

+ Stop teenage expulsions, for example by reintroducing “particularly painful” reasons

+ Reintroduce permanent residence permits as the main rule

+ Relax the stricter requirements for family immigration

+ A total overhaul of migration policy under the Tidö government

+ Increase the number of quota refugees to 5,000

+ "Major investments" in both education and jobs for strengthened integration

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The Centre Party

+ Stop “unreasonable” expulsions

+ Lower the salary requirement for immigrant workers

+ Find a transitional solution for “track changers”

+ Reintroduce “particularly painful” reasons so that, for example, teenagers can stay

+ Relax the stricter requirements for family immigration

+ Increase the number of quota refugees to 5,000

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