Tag: immigration

‘100,000 refugees to need shelter’

Frode Forfang, director of Norway's immigration agency UDI, said on Thursday that Norway now needs to provide shelter for as many as 100,000 asylum seekers by...

IS member sought by Sweden now under arrest

UPDATED: Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) reported Thursday morning that a young man currently believed to be posing a terrorist threat to Sweden may have fled to...

Jensen’s party gains on crisis

Finance Minister and Progress Party boss Siv Jensen has reason to smile in the midst of Norway's refugee crisis. Her party has rebounded in...

Fears rise over lack of border control

The influx of thousands of asylum seekers into Norway in recent months has raised fears that local authorities haven't been able to sufficiently control who's crossing...

Asylum seekers changing their minds

Increasing numbers of recently arrived asylum seekers in Norway have withdrawn their applications and are voluntarily leaving the country. Several have complained about their...

Russia willing to take back refugees

Russia's consul general in Kirkenes says his country is willing to take back refugees who have no grounds for seeking asylum or settling in...

Swedish border controls can benefit Norway

Norwegian Justice Minister Anders Anundsen was applauding Sweden's decision on Thursday to impose border controls, part of efforts to stem the influx of refugees...

Hatred flowed through government’s Facebook page

The Norwegian government's attempt to spread the word via social media that it was clamping down on asylum seekers at its northern border to...

Tundra can turn into a catastrophe

With winter setting in, Norwegian government officials fear the Arctic areas around the Norwegian-Russian border could turn into an area more dangerous, and just...

Norway to halt refugee influx

The vast majority of refugees who've been streaming into Norway over its northern border to Russia don't qualify for asylum and will be sent back, either...
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