The Swedish government's Migration Studies Delegation (Delmi) - an independent committee that launches studies and conducts research in the field of migration - published a new research overview on ethnic discrimination in recruitment processes. It includes an abstract in English which summarises conclusions and policy recommendations.

The overview synthesises and presents the results of 91 different research studies, revealing that ethnic discrimination in recruitment is a pervasive and multifaceted phenomenon affecting various groups, including third-country national migrants and their descendants, to differing degrees depending on the context and occupational sector. The research overview uncovers a distinct ethnic hierarchy, with individuals from non-European and non-Western foreign backgrounds experiencing ethnic discrimination more frequently than people with a shorter cultural distance from the majority population in Sweden. 

In its final chapter, the research overview sets out 5 policy recommendations to prevent and address ethnic discrimination in recruitment, drawing attention to the need to raise awareness, develop concrete diversity action plans, increase formalisation and structure in recruitment processes, collect equality data, and implement monitoring, sanctions and financial incentives.