Tag: immigration

Record number of foreigners expelled

Norway deported a record number of foreigners last year, either because they committed crimes or because of alleged violations of immigration law. The expulsions are...

Young asylum seekers moved after alleged assaults

More than 20 teenage asylum seekers who arrived in Norway without their families will no longer be allowed to attend classes at a local junior...

NATO to help fight ‘illegal migration’

UPDATED: Norway, most concerned with securing NATO's help in protecting Arctic areas, appeared skeptical this week towards efforts aimed at drawing NATO into the refugee crisis. NATO ministers...

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...

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....
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