Buckle up for more Swedish immigration curbs in 2025

Migration minister on citizenship security checks, January's 'ox weeks', citizenship and immigration rule changes, Northvolt's battle for survival. For membership+ subscribers: why Sweden has a wolf hunt, and what readers say about receiving wrong information from the Migration Agency. 

Host Paul O’Mahony is joined this week by regular panelists Becky Waterton and Emma Löfgren. 

Here are links to some of the topics discussed in the episode:

• Labour migrants 'should not be worried at all' about citizenship checks, says minister

• Tjugonde Knut: Why Swedish Christmas lasts until January 13th
• Swedish word of the day: oxveckorna

• Seven things to look forward to in Sweden in 2025

• Northvolt shareholders give company green light to continue operations

• Sweden to launch wolf cull amid conservation concerns

• How often does Sweden's Migration Agency give out false information?
• How does the Swedish Migration Agency check that its information is accurate?

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