As a lawyer by profession and having worked for human rights for more than 20 years, my instinctive first point of reference – beyond the Scriptures – is the legal framework, the ‘rule of law’. It seems to have been the same for the ecumenical movement as a whole. One of the very first actions …
The Importance of a Moral Voice on Issues of Migration and Refugees Read More »
– My dreams recently begin with a text message from the migration agency, saying that a letter has been sent to me. The feeling of happiness that I may have gotten my resident permit is beautiful! It is Friday and I am sitting by the beach Kaananbadet in Stockholm, Sweden, talking on the phone with …
“France Doesn’t Play Around with Refugees which Sweden Does” Read More »
Lisa Hofverberg and Rose-Marie Olihn Photo: Magnus Aronson Many young people who had to leave their homelands and come to Sweden as unaccompanied minors slip through the cracks of the Swedish welfare system. – If you have no home address, you have no home municipality, and no one is responsible for you, says Rose-Marie Olihn, …
