Finding employment for persons with disabilities who are refugees in Sweden
How do you get a job in Sweden? What support does the Swedish Public Employment Service offer to people with disabilities and what are the requirements?
Getting a grant from DHR Bidragsstiftelsen!
DHR Bidragsstiftelsen (the grant foundation) awards grants for things that can improve life for people with reduced mobility. The idea is that more people will have a better and richer life.
But note that the application period is only between 1st May and 1st September each year.
ILI:s earlier project Disabled Refugees Welcome, 2017-2020 had these goals:
The project will improve the reception of asylum seeker who have disabilities by building a network of government agencies, NGOs and individuals working with asylum seekers. Our partners in this network will refer asylum seekers with disabilities to us and the information we provide, through flyers, social media, a printed guide, email and the project website.
Download our publications:
Some are available in print
English: DRW – Short Impact Report – June 2020
DRW:s metodhandbok – “Välkommen vem du än är”
DRW:s Informationshandbok: Vägar mot ömsesidig integration
English: DRW’s information handbook – The road to reciprocal integration
Lättläst: Integration för alla | ለአላአ ውህደት
Vägar till kunskap om fonder och stiftelser
Photovoice – English | Photovoice – Svenska | Photovoice – عربى (Arabiska) | Photovoice – አማርኛ (Amhariska)
Flyers:
Other publications:
UNHCR’s Resettlement tool assessment for refugees with disabilities
AMiD – Access to services for migrants with disabilities
EDF’s “Toolkit on inclusion of refugees and migrants with disabilities”