Bert Karlsson is laying off 500 employees – Göteborgs-Posten

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Sweden Bert Karlsson’s company Jokarjo, which operates shelters for asylum seekers, has announced 90 percent of their employees. 40 of the 44 asylboenden which the company owns, will be closed. – this is three times worse than Ericsson, ” says Bert Karlsson.

the Reason should be the new policy regarding asylboenden.

“Right now, there are fewer who need an accommodation than the number which the authority has available. Therefore, settled the number of authority for many of the,” writes the Swedish migration board on their website.

Many of the accommodation places are operated by private providers that have been procured in a particular order, therefore, the Swedish migration board also phase in a particular order. According to the law on public procurement to the last contract settled first.

the 40 places are closing down

According to Bert Karlsson is 500 employees affected. 40 of the company’s 44 properties will be put down.

– this is boring for everyone. In particular for the asylum seekers. I’ve become a little friend with several of them and it is fun to see, they will enter the society.

He continues:

– the Migration board’s decision will have difficult consequences for the community. It is about 10 000 people lose their jobs. The municipalities will go on your knees. This is typical skrivbordspolitik and has nothing with humanity to make. There will be three times Ericsson.

Others have expressed concerns

the Swedish migration board has the ambition to relocation shall be done with respect for the people concerned. Among other things, they want the Swedish migration board to let the children in the municipality of Götene the completion of the fall semester before they are moved to a new place.

“But we can’t promise anything,” says Anders Ekström as the general manager of the Swedish migration board in Skaraborg, NLT.

He has just started the work to identify the individual needs of those who are going to move. As well as Bert Karlsson, he is worried about the development.

“Our area is hit hard and it will be tough to find new places,” says Anders Ekström.