Cirkulär migration och utveckling - kartläggning av ... - Regeringen

Summary
In July 2009 the Government decided to appoint a cross-party Parliamentary
Committee to examine the connection between circular
migration and development. The Committee has been tasked with
mapping out circular migration and identifying the factors that
influence migrants’ opportunities to move between Sweden and
their countries of origin. The findings of this survey are presented
in this interim report. Proposals aimed at removing obstacles to
increase mobility to the extent possible will be presented in a final
report in March 2011.
The Committee has established that both historical and current
examples show that migration to and from a country effects the
country’s development in different ways. Since migration across
national borders by definition concerns several countries, bilateral,
regional and global approaches are needed to a greater extent.
Migration affects development in both the country of origin and
the country of destination.
Migration has affected Sweden over a long period
It is difficult to understand today’s migration without touching on
the impact that migration has had on Sweden’s population over a
long period. In the second half of the 19th century and two
decades into the 20th century, the great emigration to America predominated.
Many of those who emigrated returned to Sweden after
a couple of years. In the last decade of the 19th century alone, the
stream of returning migrants to Sweden was a quarter as large as
the stream of emigrants. Even at this time there were strong connections
between circular migration and development. After the
Second World War, Swedish companies recruited labour in many
countries in Europe. In the mid-1960s the economic situation
deteriorated and demand for labour decreased. There was therefore
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