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Refugees can become an engine of growth

Many types of voluntary organisations played an important role when Sweden received a record number of refugees last autumn. There are many challenges, but with successful integration many municipalities consider refugees to be the solution to the future need of labour.
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Many initiatives for new Swedes
A small exhibition outside Sweden Together’s meeting rooms gives a taster of some of the many initiatives which have been launched in order to help newly arrived refugees in Sweden. Here are the Department of Invitations, the Occupation Door, Friend Sweden and Swedish With Baby. Swedish With Baby can be found in several Swedish towns. It is a meeting place for the newly arrived and Swedish families with small children, for their mutual benefit. The network is expanding and today there are 15 groups in Stockholm. “Having the chance to meet Swedish people, find new friends and break the segregation is the most important thing when you arrive in Sweden,” says Nashua Mouaid, the coordinator for Swedish With Baby in the Stockholm area.
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