Sweden granted work permits for the Syrians with high education qualifications

04 Jun 2015

Swedish state television (STV) announced, that the Syrian refugees with high education qualifications, they can get directly the residence and the work permits in Sweden.

According to the news of the nationally television, Sweden resorted to outsourcing in well-educated Syrian refugees, to solve the problem of workforce inability which faced the local economy, because of the increased proportion of elders among its population.

The news pointed out that the number of Syrian refugees in Sweden in 2014 reached 80 thousand refugees, a third of them holding advanced degrees, the Swedish government decided in its efforts to meet the shortfall in qualified workforce, giving them residence and work permits immediately.

According to official statistics of Swedish employment that 37% of the Syrian refugees in Sweden, from higher education.