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In this week's episode we talk about the Swedish government’s pledge to drive through 12 new immigration laws before the September election.

With the Winter Olympics underway, we assess Sweden’s chances and answer the big question: what's biathlon?

For Membership+ subscribers we explain why the Migration Agency has been tasked with creating a new list of professions to be exempted from work permit salary requirements.

We also hear from a disgruntled panelist who’s had to attend one too many Swedish parent-teacher meetings and wonders if there’s any way to fix them.

Host Paul O'Mahony is joined this week by regular panelists James Savage and Richard Orange. 

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

Immigration

Sport

Work permits

Education

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