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Research Article

Governing through bureaucratically imposed waiting: on stuckedness among asylum seekers and refugees waiting for residence permits in Sweden

Styrning genom byråkratiskt påtvingad väntan: om stuckedness bland asylsökande och flyktingar som väntar på uppehållstillstånd i Sverige

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