'Unfair': High-skilled workers in Sweden hit by abolition of permanent residency
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April 17, 2026
When Migration Minister Johan Forssell announced that Sweden was pushing ahead with phasing out permanent residency, he framed it as targeting asylum migration. But the changes will also affect Long-Term Resident (LTR) applicants, many of them skilled workers.
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