Swedish Immigrants Hold 15% Of Jobs In Administration

07 May 2013

It is estimated that 25% of the Swedish civil service employees either have immigrant parents or were born abroad. As per the current estimate it is reflecting that 7,400 non-Swedish staff have newly been employed by Swedish civil services, a raise of 25% when compared to 2011 and this is according to the figures released by the Swedish work agency.

Foreign workers now make up 36,000 (15%) of Sweden’s public administration. According to the experts, the immigration percentage in universities is growing and in consequence the same is reflecting in the Swedish civil service sector. Young immigrants are the people taking majority of the qualified posts in public administration.