Number of cases where ethnic discrimination was found/established by Equality Body/Agency/Court

Code:: S5
Key Area:: Discrimination Statistics
Strand(s):: Statistics

17/03/2012 - 00:29

Short Answer

The number of cases where ethnic discrimination was found/established by the Equality Ombudsman was 584 cases in 2010.

Qualitative Info

Table

Type of sector- Ethnic discrimination 2010

Type of sector	Ethnic discrimination
Employment agency	3
Employment	199
Not legally protcted	40
Health care	19
Membership	4
Parental Leave Act	1
Business/Profession	3
Public Procurement	34
Social security	20
Social services	33
Education	74
Housing	154
Military service	0
Total	584

Source: The Equality Ombudsman, http://www.do.se

Numbers of cases

584

Exemplary cases

Groups affected/interested

Migrants, Roma & Travelers, Muslims, Ethnic minorities, Religious minorities, Asylum seekers, Africans/black people, National minorities

Type (R/D)

Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas

Anti-discrimination, Anti-racism

External Url

www.do.se

Situation(s)

Library

28/01/2013 - 02:54

Short Answer

The number of cases where ethnic discrimination was found/established by the Equality Ombudsman was 694 cases in 2011.

Qualitative Info

Complaints submitted to the Equality Ombudsman based on the ground ethnic discrimination 2009-2012

2012 (first quarter)

2011

2010

2009

Ethnic discrimination

283

694

761

766

Source: The Equality Ombudsman (Diskrimineringsombudsmannen), Årsredovisning 2011, http://www.do.se/sv/Material/Arsredovisning-2011/ (Accessed 27.01.2013).