Tag: immigration

Repatriation: The rocky road home

SPECIAL FEATURE: Tougher economic times in Norway, brought on by the fall in oil prices, mean many expatriates in the country are now dealing with...

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...

Foreign workers told to go home

For years, Norway's oil capital of Stavanger needed and welcomed engineers and other oil industry workers from other countries. Now, with the boom years over...

Resistance grows to refugee returns

Local officials and scores of protesters in Finnmark County are appealing to Prime Minister Erna Solberg to stop or restrict the forced return to Russia of...

Human drama as refugees expelled

Fears of confrontration with police were running high in the Norwegian Arctic this week, as was politicking in the Parliament at the other end of the country...

Asylum seekers launch hunger strike

UPDATED: Around 70 asylum seekers who fear they're about to be sent out of Norway have launched a hunger strike after being returned to an...

UDI workers needed a holiday break

Few workers in Norway have needed a holiday break this year more than those at state immigration agency UDI (Utlendingsdirektoratet). They've logged nearly 30,000 hours of...

Immigrants face tough new rules

Norway's conservative government coalition moved forward on Tuesday with the introduction of tough new immigration rules, especially aimed at asylum seekers. Sylvi Listhaug, the new...

Most asylum seekers want to stay

Fully 80 percent of asylum seekers arriving in Norway want to stay, and see a permanent future for themselves in the country. While refugee...

The secrets of the ‘Christmas calendar’

EXPATRIATE MUSINGS: Axel Johnson is a relatively recent arrival in Oslo, from Sweden. Although many expatriates in Norway may lump the Scandinavian countries together,...
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