The goal of integration policy etc.

The plan makes it a task for progressive forces to counter scapegoating and bring the discussion back to the real lines of conflict, and it wants to spread knowledge about what today's racist structures look like. It also sees health as part of a broader public health effort and as a prerequisite for work and participation. Countering myth-making and bringing health into the integration goal therefore follows from the plan.

• counter myths and scapegoatsdecisive»föra tillbaka diskussionen till de verkliga konfliktlinjerna.« (party programme ↗)“bring the discussion back to the real lines of conflict.”
• spread knowledge about racism»Sverige behöver överhuvudtaget bygga upp och sprida kunskap om« (party programme ↗)“Sweden generally needs to build up and spread knowledge about”
• broad public health perspective»Vården behöver ses som en del i det bredare arbetet med folkhälsa.« (party programme ↗)“Care needs to be seen as part of the broader work on public health.”
• establishment through welfare»som ger alla språkkunskaper och praktiska möjligheter att arbeta« (party programme ↗)“which gives everyone language skills and practical opportunities to work”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The party programme wants to explicitly combat that social and class-related problems are incorrectly made into ethnic problems in public debate, which is the same as countering myths about integration. The programme also connects health to class and opportunities in working life, which supports that health is included in the integration objective. The election manifesto's work line is based on everyone who can working being able to work.

• counter myths in debatedecisive»i samhällsdebatten. Detta synsätt vill vi socialdemokrater bekämpa.« (party programme ↗)“in public debate. This approach we social democrats want to combat.”
• class is incorrectly made into ethnicity»att fattiga grupper och platser, och därmed klasstrukturer, felaktigt görs till etniska problem« (party programme ↗)“that poor groups and places, and thereby class structures, are incorrectly made into ethnic problems”
• health is connected to class»Människor med låga inkomster eller lägre« (party programme ↗)“People with low incomes or lower”
• work as integration goal»Alla som kan jobba ska jobba och bidra för att bli en del av samhället. Det gäller oavsett var man är född.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Everyone who can work shall work and contribute in order to become part of society. This applies regardless of where one was born.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan wants to compile systematic statistics to illuminate discrimination and racism and establishes that xenophobia is incompatible with a society where everyone gets to live on equal terms, which supports the requirement to actively counteract myth-making about integration. The plan also sees public health focused on people's living conditions as equally important as health care, which justifies that health is included in the goal of integration policy. Both parts of the counter-proposal thus have support in the plan.

• factual basis against racismdecisive»ta fram systematisk statistik för att belysa diskriminering och rasism i samhället.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“compile systematic statistics to illuminate discrimination and racism in society.”
• against xenophobia»Främlingsfientlighet och rasism är oförenligt med ett samhälle där alla får leva och verka på lika villkor.« (party programme ↗)“Xenophobia and racism are incompatible with a society where everyone gets to live and work on equal terms.”
• public health as living conditions»Vi menar att en långsiktig satsning på folkhälsa med fokus på människors livsvillkor är lika viktig som sjukvården för att främja god hälsa.« (party programme ↗)“We believe that a long-term investment in public health focused on people's living conditions is equally important as health care for promoting good health.”
• stop structural racism»Strukturell diskriminering och rasism ska upphöra.« (party programme ↗)“Structural discrimination and racism shall cease.”

The plan itself points out that worse health is more common among Swedes with foreign background and links it to weaker establishment, which supports that health should be included in integration policy's goals. The plan also sees xenophobia and myths about immigration as a serious threat to society, which supports the requirement to counter myth-building in the integration debate. The plan does not however speak to the goal formulation as such, so the conclusion is inferred.

• health as an establishment barrierdecisive»för svenskar med utländsk bakgrund är arbetslöshet och sämre hälsa vanligare än för genomsnittet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“for Swedes with foreign background unemployment and worse health are more common than for the average”
• counter xenophobia»Främlingsfientlighet är ett av de mest allvarliga hot vårt samhälle och vår demokrati står inför.« (party programme ↗)“Xenophobia is one of the most serious threats our society and our democracy face.”
• system flaws behind integration problems»Sveriges integrationsutmaningar är de systemfel som finns idag.« (party programme ↗)“Sweden's integration challenges are the systemic flaws that exist today.”
• faster establishment»Skapa ett intensivår för snabbare integration.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Create an intensive year for faster integration.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan specifies what the integration policy objective should be supplemented with: clear goals for social, economic and democratic integration – health is not mentioned. The election manifesto furthermore explicitly opposes obscuring the integration problems, which speaks against making combating myths in the debate a political assignment. The conclusion is based on derivation from these commitments.

• goals for social and economic integrationdecisive»Integrationspolitikens övergripande mål om lika rättigheter, skyldigheter och möjligheter för alla oavsett bakgrund måste kompletteras med tydliga mål om social, ekonomisk och demokratisk integration.« (party programme ↗)“The overarching goal of integration policy regarding equal rights, obligations and opportunities for everyone regardless of background must be supplemented with clear goals for social, economic and democratic integration.”
• the problems shall not be obscured»Medan regeringen tror att det går att blanda bort integrationsproblemet säger vi att Sveriges utsatta områden måste förändras på riktigt.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“While the government believes that it is possible to obscure the integration problem, we say that Sweden's disadvantaged areas must be changed for real.”
• general integration policy»Huvudprincipen för integrationspolitiken är att den ska vara generell. Den ska bygga på lagar och regler som tillämpas lika för alla.« (party programme ↗)“The main principle for integration policy is that it shall be general. It shall be based on laws and rules that apply equally to all.”

The plan explicitly states that the health problems of refugees and asylum seekers, both physical and mental, must be addressed, which implies the requirement that health must be included in the integration goal. Health and truth are also counted among the generally valid values that policy must be based on, which argues against false information characterizing the integration debate. The starting point of integration policy is to give people the conditions to take responsibility for their own lives.

• address health problemsdecisive»Flyktingars och asylsökandes hälsoproblem, fysiska såväl som psykiska« (party programme ↗)“The health problems of refugees and asylum seekers, both physical and mental”
• health and truth as fundamental values»Gemensamma eller allmänt giltiga värden är livet, människovärdet, hälsa, kärlek, sanning, frihet, kunskap, den goda miljön etcetera.« (party programme ↗)“Common or generally valid values are life, human value, health, love, truth, freedom, knowledge, a good environment, etc.”
• keys to integration»Jobb, kunskap i svenska språket och det civila samhället är viktiga nycklar till integration.« (party programme ↗)“Work, knowledge of the Swedish language, and civil society are important keys to integration.”
• responsibility for own life»Utgångspunkt för integrationspolitiken är att ge människor förutsättningar att kunna ta ansvar för sitt eget liv.« (party programme ↗)“The starting point for integration policy is to give people the conditions to be able to take responsibility for their own lives.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan's integration goal is self-sufficiency, language, and requirements on the individual, and bases its description on unemployment among foreign-born being five times higher and that one in two immigrants is not self-sufficient. To instead direct the work towards combating myth-making in the integration debate and to introduce health into the integration policy goal shifts focus from requirements and gains no support in the plan.

• high expectationsdecisive»Vem vill bli en del av ett samhälle där ingen räknar med en? Det måste bli ett slut på de låga förväntningarnas politik.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Who wants to be part of a society where no one counts on you? There must be an end to the politics of low expectations.”
• self-sufficiency as measure»Arbetslösheten är idag fem gånger så hög bland utrikes födda som bland inrikes födda, och varannan invandrad person – runt 700 000 personer – är inte självförsörjande.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Unemployment is today five times as high among foreign-born as among Swedish-born, and one in two immigrants—around 700,000 people—are not self-sufficient.”
• integration capacity determines levels»Vår integrationsförmåga ska vara styrande för nivån på invandringen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Our integration capacity must be guiding for the level of immigration.”
• duty to integrate»möjlighet och en skyldighet att bli del av vårt samhälle.« (party programme ↗)“opportunity and a duty to become part of our society.”

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The plan argues that the real problems of integration are hidden by anxious political correctness and that policy should be based on assimilation and clear demands on the individual. A mandate to combat myth-making in the integration debate pulls in the opposite direction, and bringing health into integration policy's goals broadens the goal away from self-support and adaptation that the plan places at the center.

• open debate about integration's problemsdecisive»Och framförallt en ängslig politisk korrekthet som gör att vi ej pratar om de uppenbara problemen samt orsakerna till dem.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“And above all an anxious political correctness that means we do not talk about the obvious problems and the causes of them.”
• assimilation as goal»Integrationspolitiken ska bygga på assimilering och främja sammanhållningen i landet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Integration policy should be based on assimilation and promote cohesion in the country.”
• demand-based integration»Införa en kravbaserad integrationspolitik« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Introduce a demand-based integration policy”
• work and language as yardstick»Utforma en kravbaserad integrationspolitik som ger rättigheter till välfärden i takt med språkinlärning, arbete och slutligen medborgarskap« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Design a demand-based integration policy that grants welfare rights in pace with language learning, work and finally citizenship”