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Centerpartiet C är starkt drivande för arbetskraftsinvandring för kvalificerad arbetskraft.
Migration & integration
Migration & integration
Sweden should restore an active labour-immigration pathway for skilled workers.
Of the 8 Riksdag parties, 3 broadly agree and 3 broadly disagree.
Where the parties stand
Riksdag parties
Centerpartiet 
Liberalerna L är starka förespråkare för arbetskraftsinvandring av högkvalificerad arbetskraft.
Miljöpartiet MP välkomnar arbetskraftsinvandring under reglerade villkor.
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Kristdemokraterna KD vill begränsa låglöneinvandring men öppnar för riktad högkvalificerad.
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Moderaterna M vill begränsa låglöneinvandring men öppnar för riktad högkvalificerad.
Socialdemokraterna S vill begränsa låglöneinvandring men öppnar för riktad högkvalificerad arbetskraft.
Vänsterpartiet V är kritiska till arbetskraftsinvandring som de menar pressar löner och fackliga villkor.
Sverigedemokraterna SD vill kraftigt begränsa all arbetskraftsinvandring.
Smaller parties
Sverige har potential att vara ett fritt och tryggt land med framtidstro – där ambitiösa människor utifrån bidrar lite extra … Den som har jobb, bostad och vill bidra är välkommen.
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Arguments
Common arguments on each side, written without party attribution.
For
- Sweden faces persistent shortages in healthcare, engineering, and skilled trades that domestic supply cannot fill.
- Labour migration brings tax-paying workers who reduce dependency ratios as the population ages.
- A clear pathway is more orderly than ad-hoc work permits and easier to monitor for abuse.
Against
- Active recruitment can suppress wages in affected sectors and reduce employer incentives to train domestically.
- Past labour-immigration schemes saw widespread abuse including wage theft and fake job offers.
- Skill shortages may better be addressed by retraining domestic workers and improving working conditions.
More on Migration & integration
- The annual cap on asylum seekers should be raised significantly above current levels.
- Citizenship should require passing a Swedish-language test at intermediate level.
- Permanent residence permits should replace temporary ones as the default.
- Family reunification rules should be tightened further.
- Asylum seekers should have the right to work from day one of their application.
- Newly granted residents should not get priority access to public housing.
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