Tag: beggars
City gives in to calls for migrant toilets
The head of Oslo's city government, Stian Berger Røsland, has backed down from his refusal to provide migrant poor in Oslo, mostly Roma folk...
Roma folk won some support
Around 100 persons turned out for a demonstration earlier this week against the harsh criticism that's been directed against Roma folk in Norway this...
Roma groups win some reprieves
Police in Oslo decided not to raid a large camp on Friday that's been set up illegally by migrant poor Roma near the lake...
Roma dispute spurs ugly incidents
Police are once again being called upon to resolve increasingly ugly incidents over whether or how Norwegians should accommodate migrant poor from Europe. As...
Lawmakers may restore begging ban
As migrant beggars were ordered to leave their latest mass campsite in Oslo, and others set up new tents outside the national cathedral in...
Love and solidarity aside: Norwegians also resort to messages of hate
Despite all the reports and declarations about how Norwegians pulled together after last year's terrorist attacks, many remain clearly outside the realm of compassion...
Migrants ordered to move on again
This summer's odyssey of migrant poor in Oslo entered a new chapter on Friday when they once again were ordered to break camp and...
Migrants allowed to stay in gravel pit
City officials changed their minds on Tuesday and decided to withdraw an order to evacuate a camp set up in a gravel pit for...
Hostility rises against migrants
Tempers are rising against hundreds of migrants in Oslo, most of them Roma folk from Romania and Bulgaria, who continue to camp illegally in...
Roma campers land in new conflict
Around 200 migrants from southeastern Europe, who claim to be looking for work in Oslo but mostly resort to begging, have landed in yet...
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