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The Danish Muhammad cartoon conflict 
Hervik, Peter : Malmö Institute for Studies of Migration, Diversity and Welfare (MIM) and Department of International Migration and Ethnic Relations (IMER), Malmö University
Current Themes in IMER Research;13 (2012)BOOK 
English abstract: The “Muhammad crisis,” the “Muhammad Cartoon Crisis,” or “The Jyllands-Posten Crisis” are three different headings used for the global, violent reactions that broke out in early 2006. The cartoon crisis was triggered by the publication of 12 cartoons in the largest Danish daily newspaper Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten on 30 September 2005 and the Danish governments refusal to meet with 11 concerned ambassadors. However, Jyllands-Posten’s record on covering Islam; the ever growing restrictive identity politics and migration policies and the popular association of Islam with terrorism made it predictable that something drastic would eventually happen, although neither the form of the counter-reaction or the stubborn anti-Islamic forces were unknown. This collection of chapters seeks to fill out some of the most glaring holes in the media coverage and academic treatment of the Muhammad cartoon story. It will do so by situating the conflict more firmly in its proper socio-historical context by drawing on the author’s basic research on the Danish news media’s coverage of ethnic and religious minorities since the mid 1990s. The author uses thick contextualization to analyze this very current theme in IMER studies, which has consequences for most immigrants of non-Western countries to the Nordic countries. 
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Sweden’s Population Groups Originating from Developing Countries : Ch...
Bevelander, Pieter; Dahlstedt, Inge : Malmö Institute for Studies of Migration, Diversity and Welfare (MIM) and Department of International Migration and Ethnic Relations (IMER), Malmö University
Current Themes in IMER Research;12 (2012)BOOK
English abstract: This report deals with the integration of individuals originating from the six non-western immigrant countries of Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Somalia, Turkey and Vietnam and their descendants in Sweden in the ten-year period 1998-2008. The central aim of the report is to analyse the integration patterns of these groups in three important areas: demographic behaviour, educational enrolment and labour market integration. This research has three objectives. The first is to determine when the groups came into being and how they have developed, with a focus on key features of population change, i.e. the overall growth, components of growth and age-sex-structure shifts. The second objective is to analyse two specific aspects: the groups’ integration and participation in the educational system, i.e. educational enrolment, and their integration patterns in the labour market, with a main focus on employment and unemployment. In order to provide a bridge between the analyses of population change and integration, compositions of the groups by selected traits, such as immigrant generation and duration of residence, are also examined. The third objective is to study, where feasible, the impact of selected public policies and practices, particularly those pertaining to immigration and integration. Over the last six decades the size of Sweden’s immigrant population (immigrants and their descendants) has steadily increased. Migration flows into the country have been associated with societal phenomena such as labour demand in the growing economy, family reunions and refugee streams due to wars and political conflicts. Although earlier migration streams appear to have integrated relatively well, concern about the current streams is high on the political agenda. It is thought that more in-depth knowledge about the integration patterns of the demographic, educational and labour market domains could lead to improved integration policies. In 2010, almost one fifth of Sweden’s population consisted of immigrants or descendants of immigrants. To be more exact, 14.7 per cent of the country’s 9,415,570 inhabitants are immigrants in Sweden. Descendants of immigrants amount to 412,960 persons, or 4.4 per cent of the total population. In other words, immigrants from the countries that are in focus in this report and their descendants constitute 20 per cent of the immigrant population in Sweden, with individuals from Iraq making up the largest immigrant group and people from Pakistan the smallest. Since the end of the 1960s Sweden has made use of a number of integration strategies to accommodate immigrants into several areas of society. Of these, Swedish language proficiency and integration into the economic domain have been the most important. According to The Migrant Integration Policy Index (2007), Sweden scores very highly when it comes to granting immigrants access to and rights in the labour market. To summarise the most important results and at the same time return to the first objective of this study, namely the demographic integration in the period 1998-2008, we can see that all six immigrant groups have grown. In particular, the Iraqi and Somali groups have experienced a substantial increase in number. For Iran, Iraq, Somalia and Vietnam the growth is due to both net migration and an increasing number of descendants. For Pakistan, the main reason for the increase is net migration. Overall, the population growth in Sweden in this period is mainly a result of net migration and higher birth rates among immigrants and to a somewhat lower degree their descendants. As might be expected, “older” immigrant groups that have been in Sweden for a longer period of time have more descendants than “younger” immigrant groups. Iran, Turkey and Vietnam can be depicted as “older” groups and Iraq, Pakistan and Somalia as “younger” ones. With the exception of Iran, all the immigrant groups show a higher crude birth rate than that for native Swedes. The immigrant groups are still younger than the native population and have a far lower crude death rate than natives. In general, immigrants are married to individuals from the same group, whereas their descendants tend to be married to natives or individuals from other immigrant groups. The total fertility rate is higher among most of the immigrant groups compared to that for natives. Again, Iranian women are the exception, where descendants show a lower fertility rate than their immigrant parents. The second objective of the study – to analyse two specific aspects of the integration of the groups – includes participation in the educational system, i.e. educational enrolment, and integration patterns in the labour market, with a focus on employment and unemployment. When it comes to enrolment in education, the immigrant groups show a variation. Iraqi and Iranian men and women, as well as males from Pakistan and females from Vietnam, match the enrolment levels of native men and women in the age group 16-19. Moreover, the descendants of immigrants generally show a higher enrolment level than their immigrant counterparts. A positive development is visible over time. Both immigrants and descendants have higher enrolment levels in education at the end of the period compared to the beginning, i.e. 2008 versus 1998. However, Somali men and women have a lower enrolment level at the end of the period compared to the start. Major migration to Sweden and difficulties of entering the regular educational system could be reasons for this result. Descendant females show a higher enrolment level than descendant males. The pattern is similar for immigrants, but at a lower level. For higher education, the results indicate a gender gap with more female than male students. The employment integration of individuals in the core labour market ages of 25-54 is relatively low. However, a positive trend is visible over time. Both females and males from the six immigrant groups have higher employment rates at the end of the period. The gender gap shows that males have higher employment levels than females. The largest gap is detected for Pakistan and Turkey. The employment rates for young immigrants aged 16-24 are lower than those for natives. For women we see no positive development over time, but for males an increasing employment rate is visible. Male and female descendants in this age group have lower employment rates than natives, but higher employment rates than their immigrant counterparts. Following the cohort of 25-39 year-old immigrants over time from 1998 to 2003 to 2008, increasing employment levels can be observed for both females and males. The exceptions are Pakistani and Somali males, which show no increasing employment levels between 2003 and 2008. The unemployment rate for both immigrant females and males drops during the ten-year period, with the exception of Iraqi and Somali immigrants. Female youth unemployment also drops over time for most immigrant groups, again with the exception of Somali immigrants. For males, youth unemployment also decreases. The exceptions here are Iraqi, Somali and native males. Descendant unemployment levels are mainly in parity with or lower than native levels. Inactivity is higher for all immigrant groups compared to natives. However, the inactivity rate drops substantially over the period. With regard to the third objective of the study – to provide insights into the impact of selected public policies and practices, particularly those pertaining to immigration and integration on the chosen aspects of change and integration – we can highlight the following issues. No particular integration policy aimed at immigrant groups deals with demographic aspects. The observed change in the demographic behaviour of the descendants of the six immigrant groups, albeit to differing degrees, is voluntary and shows an adaption to the behaviour of the population in general. Integration policies have a strong focus on educational and labour market integration in Sweden. In addition to the general positive economic business cycle, the economic integration of six immigrant groups and their descendents shows a gradual positive development. Integration policies aimed at immigrants and education policies aimed at the population in general have also had an effect on the successive larger educational enrolment of immigrants and their descendents.
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New questions and new answers : Strategies towards parties with radic...
Saveljeff, Sigrid : Malmö Institute for Studies of Migration, Diversity and Welfare (MIM) Department of International Migration and Ethnics Relations (IMER) Malmö University
Current Themes in IMER Research;11 (2011)BOOK
English abstract: The presence of radical right-wing populist parties (RRP-parties) and their emerging support have created a discussion concerning the responses of the political establishment towards these parties. The paper focuses on the Swedish context and the strategic approaches taken by the Social Democratic party and the Moderate party towards the Swedish RRP-party the Sweden Democrats. The paper discusses why the content of the strategic approaches towards the Sweden Democrats have changed and why the specific issue politicized by the Sweden Democrats, i.e. the immigration- and refugee issue, have become central in the formation of the strategic approaches used by the two established parties.
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Brottsoffer i rättsprocessen. Har utländsk bakgrund betydelse?
Hydén, Sophie : Malmö Institute for Studies of Migration, Diversity and Welfare (MIM) and Department of International Migration and Ethnic Relations (IMER), Malmö University
Current Themes in IMER Research;10 (2010)BOOK
English abstract: Victims of crime in the legal process – Does foreign background matter? This study investigates if the legal process is affected by the foreign background of crime victims based upon two empirical studies: one document study of police reports concerning assault and unlawful threat in Landskrona in 2005, and one interview study focusing on the crime victim’s encounter with the police during interrogation. The analysis relates to three different theoretical areas; victimology, the study of professions and studies in ethnicity. The result demonstrates that the foreign background of crime victims does seem to influence the legal process in several ways, for example investigators try to adjust interrogations to overcome communication difficulties.
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Ett rättssäkert och värdigt mottagande för barn och vuxna – summering...
Fryklund, Björn; Lundberg, Anna
Book chapter in Current Themes in IMER Research;9 : Malmö Institute for Studies of Migration, Diversity and Welfare (MIM) and Department of International Migration and Ethnic Relations (IMER)
Current Themes in IMER Research (2009)BOOK CHAPTER
Swedish abstract: Att människor som kommer till Sverige för att söka asyl ska få ett värdigt och rättssäkert mottagande, oberoende om de har tillräckligt starka skäl för att få uppehållstillstånd eller inte, är en grundbult för ett demokratiskt rättssamhälle. Vad innebär då en värdig och rättssäker asylprocess? Hur införlivas barns och kvinnors specifika rättigheter i asylmottagningen och introduktionen? Vad finns det för metoder, modeller och professionellt organiserade frivilligverksamheter att använda för att mottagandet skall bli så rättssäkert och värdigt som möjligt? Vilka skillnader finns det mellan hur asylprövningen och mottagandet är tänkt att vara och vad det faktiskt är eller hur det uppfattas? Detta var de frågor vi reste i introduktionen till denna skrift och som författarna sökt besvara i de olika kapitlen. Här summerar vi de centrala resultaten i fyra olika teman; asylsökande barn, asylsökande kvinnor, vuxna asylsökande med särskilda behov eller erfarenheter samt organiserad medmänsklighet. Till varje tema ställer vi några grundläggande frågor varav den sista alltid ska kunna besvaras med förslag på konkreta åtgärder. Vår ambition har varit att söka förena en kritisk analys med konstruktiva förslag på åtgärder.
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