Pil Maria Saugmann, chair of the SFS Doctoral Committee, writes about the migration law in DN.
"In addition to temporary residence permits for four years, an employment contract of at least 18 months is now required from the time the Migration Board has made its decision.
Reasonable, some might think – a longer employment period should not be a problem for someone with such a high level of education. At least that is what Minister of Justice Morgan Johansson (S) thought, who gave the following comment to TT after loud criticism from the industry: “If you want a doctoral student to be able to get a permanent residence permit, you can employ him or her for 18 months from now.”
Anyone with insight into the academic world knows that this is not the reality. Permanent positions simply do not exist for young researchers."
Read the article here.