in extreme cases some nativeborn swedish parents register their children for school soon after they are bom resulting in long waiting lists that stretch years into the future bohlmark holmlund and lindahl from lack of language skills to reduced social and professional networks of new arrivals migrant parents face difficult challenges in utilising schoolchoice to their child s benefit bohlmark holmlund and lindahl ij however immigrant parents may make wellinfomied choices of choosing a school in a segregated area because of its location or the presence of a large immigrant community which can help their children to feel a sense of belonging but can further segregation lund segregation can also be intensified through the actions of both school actors and results in selfsorting of students who would like to be in schools with peers similar to themselves erixon arreman holm