Source: SourceOECD Social Issues/Migration/Health, Volume 2012, Number 6, June 2012 , pp. 259-260(2)

Publisher: OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Abstract:

After reaching a record high in 2009 (102 000), immigration to Sweden declined slightly in 2010, to 98 800. As in 2009, the largest component of the inflow was returning Swedish citizens (20 000, 7% more than 2009), followed by citizens from Somalia (7 000), Iraq and Poland (each at around 4 500). The inflows from Iraq halved compared with 2009, as a result of fewer asylum applications. Total emigration increased by one-fourth, to almost 49 000 persons, although the increase is partly due to the harmonisation of population registers with the actual population. Individuals with an unknown residence for more than two years were deregistered and counted in the emigration figures. Overall net migration decreased to 53 000 persons.

Document Type: Review article

Publication date: 2012-06-01

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