Education Minister Mats Persson, and Employment and Integration Minister Johan Pehrson at the press conference this morning. Credit: Caisa Rasmussen / TT
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Government to fund SFI classes for Ukrainian refugees
The Government announced today it would make 100 million kronor available to municipalities to fund Swedish for Immigrants (SFI) language courses for Ukrainians in Sweden.
39 of Sweden's 290 municipalities have already been offering SFI courses to Ukrainians using their own funds, according to a previous Swedish Radio report.
"It's important that we improve the possibilities to learn Swedish when you are a refugee from Ukraine, and to give them a possibility to work in Sweden," says Minister for Employment and Integration Johan Pehrson from the Liberal Party.
