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Solberg loses on asylum reform

Prime Minister Erna Solberg was grilled by members of the opposition in Parliament on Wednesday, over her new immigration minister's controversial hard line against asylum...

‘Aggressive’ minister threatens coalition

Sylvi Listhaug, Norway's new government minister in charge of asylum and immigration issues, has become so "aggressive" and harsh in her anti-immigration rhetoric that...

Aid in the billions heading for Syria

Prime Minister Erna Solberg and Foreign Minister Børge Brende have been busy this week raising more money for aid to Syria, and vowed that...

Refugee returns blocked in the Arctic

No more asylum seekers who were turned down by Norway will be sent over the border to Russia at Storskog. After meetings in Moscow...

Norway glad Russia will probe refugee document fraud

The Norwegian government minister in charge of asylum and immigration issues said Sunday that she's glad Russian authorities are investigating claims that a former...

Emergency asylum centers shut down

An abrupt halt to the influx of refugees arriving in Norway has prompted Norway's state immigration agency UDI to cancel contracts it had to rent...

Emigration also hits a new record

Record numbers of asylum seekers and other immigrants arrived in Norway last year, but tens of thousands left the country as well. Never before have so many...

‘Power play’ linked to refugee drama

The ongoing drama in Norway's northernmost region, over suspended expulsions of unsuccessful asylum seekers from Russia, has been linked to an alleged Russian power play....

‘House of Commons’ to be rehabilitated

An old, run-down wooden house built the same year as Norway's Parliament, in 1866, has been standing for months in front of the national assembly...

Refugees still risk return to chaos

Norway's controversial expulsions of rejected refugees who arrived via Russia were halted by Russian authorities over the weekend, but Norwegian government officials are keen to...
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