Table 1 Composition of immigrants to Sweden and Swedish immigration and refugee policy 1910-1970
From: Human capital transmission and the earnings of second-generation immigrants in Sweden
Point in time: | Immigration and refugee policy | Type of immigration | Major source countries |
|---|---|---|---|
1910-1940 | Restrictive policy against immigrants and refugees from 1917 onwards | Return migration from North America and immigrants from the Nordic countries | Nordic countries. Return migrants from North America |
1940’s | Less restrictive refugee policy due to the Second World War | Refugee immigration due to the second world war | Nordic countries and countries in Eastern Europe |
1950’s | The common Nordic labor market 1954 | Low educated labor force migration | Finland, other Nordic countries, Italy, Greece |
Collective labor force conveyance with recruitment campaigns | High educated labor force migration | Western Europe | |
Refugee migration | Hungary | ||
The 1953 Work Regulation of the OEEC which gave non- Nordic immigrants the right to enter Sweden individually and then apply for a work permit and the Alien Act of 1953 which gave foreigners resident in Sweden legal protection and security in the country. | |||
The Geneva convention of 1951 regarding different classifications of refugees. | |||
1960’s | Restriction that non-Nordic immigrants must arrange for visas, employment and residence before entering Sweden. | Low educated labor force migration | Finland, other Nordic countries, Yugoslavia |
Refugee migration | Czechoslovakia |