Tag: asylum
Ukrainian refugees unusually welcome
Norway has long had strict asylum and immigration policy, but is now literally opening its arms to Ukrainian refugees and rushing to accommodate them....
Teenager finally wins permanent residence
Norwegian immigration authorities have finally allowed 19-year-old Mustafa Hasan, who was brought to Norway as a child by his refugee mother, to remain in...
UDI admits to privacy violations
Norway's immigration agency UDI is contacting five people who've sought residence permits in Norway and eight of its own employees, after documents containing personal...
Chinese seek asylum in Norway
Norwegian authorities have received around 80 applications for asylum from Chinese citizens this month. State broadcaster NRK reported that they're all members of China's...
Immigration board drops Mustafa appeal
The state commission that reviews immigration cases (UNE) has decided not to appeal a court verdict that it erred in planning to deport a...
Hopes rise for would-be refugees
Several Afghan citizens who worked for Norwegian defense forces in Afghanistan have received emails from Norway's defense ministry, informing them that their applications for...
Afghan evacuees swiftly resettled
Fully 676 of the 860 Afghans flown under chaotic conditions to Norway last week have already been granted status as refugees, and 243 have...
Bombing in Kabul halts evacuations
UPDATED: Norway's military field hospital inside the airport in Kabul was still operating and busy on Friday, after bomb blasts in and around the...
Police and special forces sent to Kabul
Norwegian police and members of the military's special forces have been sent back to Afghanistan, while Norway's military field hospital in Kabul has to...
Bitter end to being ‘a good NATO ally’
NEWS ANALYSIS: As more flights land in Oslo with evacuees from Afghanistan, there's no end to the soul-searching over Norway's involvement in the war-torn...
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