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A total of 7,879 residence permits were granted by Swedish authorities in February – about 17 less than in the previous month, the Swedish Migration Agency has revealed.
According to a press release by the authority, the majority of residence permits issued were for work purposes – 3,210 or 40.7 per cent of all residence permits issued. In addition, February figures represent 54.1 per cent of all residence permits issued for work purposes recorded, SchengenVisaInfo.com reports.
Furthermore, 2,054 residence permits for family reunification were granted in February, taking the total number of residence permits issued since the year began to 3,920. As per permits granting asylum protection, a total of 1,520 of those were granted to applicants in February – 48.1 per cent of the total permits issued.
In addition, 493 residence permits were issued for the EU/EES category, taking the total number to 1,154. A total of 97 impediments to enforcement were recorded in February, representing 53 per cent of the total recorded in the January/February 2023 period.
In general, residence permits issued for work purposes increased in February compared to the previous month, from 2,720 to 3,210, same as permits issued for family reunification that surged from 1,858 recorded in January to 2,054.
Rates of residence permits granted for asylum purposes dropped from 1,630 to 1,520 in February, while the total number of such residences issued reached 3,159 in the first two months of 2023.
The number of residence permits granted for study purposes reached 505 in February, considerably fewer compared to January, when 915 residence permits for such purposes were issued.
The data is reflected in the Swedish education system as the Swedish Higher Education Authority (UKÄ) has revealed that students are showing more interest in enrolling in higher education institutions, especially in the post-pandemic period.
The data show that there are 1,600 more students than in the previous year, while the number of incoming students has reached 7,000.
“The fact that incoming students increased by 7,000 students to a total of 23,900 after the pandemic can be interpreted as a recovery as they had previously, as a result of the Corona pandemic, greatly decreased in number,” UKÄ points out in a press release.
In the post-pandemic times, students pick up courses in a different way, with fewer beginners choosing independent courses. More specifically, there are a total of 69,900 Swedish beginners, with 29 per cent of those picking independent courses.
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