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‘Siem Pilot’ caught in rescue ‘chaos’

The Norwegian vessel that's been deployed for rescue operations in the Mediterranean, the Siem Pilot, saved around 2,400 migrants over the weekend in an emergency...

Appeals court backs Krekar’s extradition

A Norwegian appeals court has supported a ruling from an Oslo City Court that would allow state officials to extradite Islamic cleric Mullah Krekar to Italy. Officials...

Krekar demands full court review of pending extradition

The defense attorney for Mullah Krekar, the former refugee who's long been declared a threat to Norway's national security, is now demanding a full...

Bishop: ‘Let illegals work and pay tax’

Bishop Emeritus Tor Berger Jørgensen is calling on the Norwegian government to allow everyone who has been living illegally in Norway for five years or...

Most all Afghan men fail to win asylum

New figures from the EU's statistics bureau Eurostat show that 99 percent of all men from Afghanistan who seek asylum in Norway are rejected....

Numbers of asylum seekers keep declining

Norwegian immigration agency UDI has registered 2,526 asylum seekers so far this year, a sharp decline from last year at this time, when that...

More calls made to take in more refugees

Norway's conservative minority government isn't only facing confrontations over how "green" its state budget will be, or how much oil money should be tapped....

UDI cuts back as refugee wave ebbs

Norway's immigration agency UDI (Utlendingsdirektoratet) has been closing empty asylum centers and reducing staff lately, after last year's tidal wave of asylum seekers arriving in...

New border fence riles local officials

Criticism is building over the Norwegian government's decision to build a new fence along the country's border with Russia. A retired Norwegian border inspector calls...

Record number of refugees settled

Norwegian towns and cities, working with state officials, have found homes for a record number of asylum seekers who have secured refugee status in...
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