Migration has frequently been debated during the 2010s. The large flow of refugees that came to Europe in 2015 has initiated a debate about migration in Sweden and has been widely discussed both in the Parliament and in households. The purpose of this paper is to investigate how the ‘most desirable migrant’ is portrayed in the Swedish political debate regarding migration and integration during 2015 and 2019. Using Critical Frame Analysis, the study aims to identify whether the cultural or economic frame is mostly used in the debate. This paper is based on the research article “The migrant with poor prospects: racialized intersections of class and culture in Dutch civic integration debates” by Saskia Bonjour och Jan Willem Duyvendak (2018) which examines Dutch civic integration debates and policies in order to reveal which migrants who are likely to integrate in the Dutch society, and which migrants who are seen as unlikely to integrate. This study is positioned as an extension of Bonjour and Duyvendak’s research in a Swedish context. Findings suggest that the use of the cultural or economic frames in the debate varies over time. In 2015, the economic frame was mostly used whereas the cultural frame was more frequent in 2019. Further, the results also propose that the ‘most desirable migrant’ is presented as a human resource that participates in the labor market, has good education and has knowledge of the Swedish language, preferably Swedish speaking. In addition, the ‘wanted migrant’ must be responsible, secure, equal and have an understanding of Swedish customs and norms to be included in the Swedish community of value.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:uu-412090 |
| Date | January 2020 |
| Creators | Westien, Mikaela |
| Publisher | Uppsala universitet, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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