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Another fire hits an asylum center

Firefighters in Rjukan, Telemark County, battled thrugh the night to extinguish another fire at an asylum center. There were no deaths or injuries, but...

Immigration chief ‘misunderstood’

Sylvi Listhaug, Norway's government minister in charge of immigration and integration, was back in the news this week, exactly one year to the day since...

Prime minister lauded for promoting ‘new word of the year’

Prime Minister Erna Solberg ended up getting credit for introducing and using what Norwegian language experts chose as the "the new word of the year"...

Skepticism grows over immigration

A new survey carried out by state statistics bureau SSB (Statistics Norway) shows that a third of all Norwegians now think it should become even...

Asylum seekers numbers continue to dive

Only 228 asylum seekers arrived in Norway in November, the lowest level so far this year and the lowest level in nearly 20 years....

‘Horrible’ refugee returns questioned

Several Members of Parliament are demanding answers from Immigration Minister Sylvi Listhaug regarding her active efforts to return asylum seekers to Aghanistan. Some are calling...

New asylum rules won’t be eased

Norway's tougher new asylum rules have boosted deportations and sparked concern lately, both inside and outside the country, but they won't be eased any...

Norway braces for new refugee influx

Norway's immigration agency UDI (Utlendingsdirektoratet) is bracing for another influx of asylum seekers over its northern border to Russia. Officials won't specify why, but...

Facebook stunt backfires on everyone

Immigration Minister Sylvi Listhaug, established Norwegian media outlets, local actor Kristoffer Joner, the asylum advocacy organization NOAS and around 30,000 donors to NOAS all found...

Norway finally ready for more refugees

Just a day after a refugee aid group blasted Norwegian officials for being slow at taking in more refugees, state immigration agency UDI announced that around...

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