Tag: immigration

Legal group calls for Norway’s withdrawal from ‘au pair’ system

An independent organization that offers legal aid to women in Norway is proposing withdrawal from the international au pair system that brings many young foreign...

Passport blunder finally addressed

More than 58,000 persons suddenly and wrongly were classified as Norwegian citizens many years ago and only now are state authorities addressing the major...

Guest workers pay off in Norway

The Norwegian state profits from guest workers who pay considerably more in taxes than what they claim in benefits, according to recent research by state...

Sharing roots from a rural farm

For most of his life, Pakistani-American Daniyal Mueenuddin had nurtured two dreams. One was to become an author. The other was to find his...

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...

Norwegian parents ‘spoil’ their kids

Young Norwegians are so privileged and demanding that relatively few have been working in hotels, restaurants, fish factories or warehouses this summer. Frustrated Norwegian...

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...

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...

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