Tag: immigration

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...

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...

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...

Russian warrior arrested, faces deportation

Norwegian police have arrested a Russian citizen who's been living in Tønsberg but fighting for pro-Russian militia in eastern Ukraine. Yan Petrovskiy  was recently...

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....

Norway set to deport Russian right-wing extremist

Yan Petrovskiy, a 29-year-old right-wing extremist who moved to Norway as a teenager 12 years ago, has been declared a threat to national security....

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...

New right-wing party under discussion

Around 20 people including a declared anti-Islamist and other right-wing conservatives gathered recently at the home of a Norwegian investor with the aim of founding...

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....
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