Increasing number of immigrant children living in poor neighborhoods
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The Equality Ombudsman submitted a study about discrimination on the housing market
The Equality Ombudsman submitted a study about discrimination on the housing market The Equality Ombudsman submitted a study on discrimination in the housing market to the Government. The study is based on discrimination testing and covers discrimination on grounds of gender, ethnicity, religion or other belief, disability and sexual orientation. The rental market was examined by nearly 400 phone calls to 150 tenants in 90 different locations. Results in brief:. • Discrimination occurred both in ...
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Acute shortage of accommodation for unaccompanied minors
Nearly 60% of the unaccompanied minors who sought asylum in Sweden are from Afghanistan, the majority being boys between 15 and 17 years. The acute shortage of accommodation for unaccompanied minors persists. In the middle of June 2011, there were about 340 unaccompanied children registered in the arrival municipalities. The consequences of the shortage of accommodation for unaccompanied minors might force them to stay longer at transit accommodations, even after the Migration Board has processed the as...
One of the most debated issues surrounding housing is the increasing number of immigrant children living in poor neighbourhoods. Save the Children publishes annual reports about child poverty, and in the eighth report in February 2011. It was stated that children living with single parents in ethnic segregated neighbourhoods are affected by poverty the most. It is estimated that 49% of children living with single parents with a migrant background live in poor housing conditions and in poverty. In 2008, about 220,000 children lived in poverty – that is, 11.5% of all children in Sweden. It is the highest figure since the investigation was initiated in 2002. In Malmö, child poverty is estimated to be 31%. In Rosengård in Malmö, which is a predominantly a migrant neighbourhood, more than 61.4% of the children live in poverty.
Source: Save the Children report with its annexes can be downloaded from: http://www.rb.se/press/pressmeddelanden/Pages/Barnfattigdomen_i_Sverige_ett_brott_mot_Barnkonventionen.aspx
