Import Documents into SharePoint 2013

I am migrating to SharePoint from another system.I want to import my documents to a SharePoint document library. I know how to import into this library, but the problem is with user rights. I have to many documents to import so, the process has to be automatically.
I have also the metadata for the documents. The old system allows me to export the user rights for every document in a file. It can be CSV, excel etc, so the file format is not a problem. Is there any way I can import these user rights into SharePoint?

Not really, there's loads of examples on how to upload files and how to set properties but to put all that together to create a custom import process isn't that easy. It's also a potentially pretty steep learning curve if you're not familiar with PowerShell.
If you search for PowerShell permissions and SharePoint you can get a good few examples. This thread has a few nuggets:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/sharepoint/en-US/349151cc-a941-48c5-bc37-9247297e6e8f/manage-item-permission-via-powershell

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