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Immigrants come looking for work

Immigrants from the European Union (EU), the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand made up fully two-thirds of the roughly 50,000 persons who arrived...

Mayoral candidate sets off storm

Carl I Hagen, the former high-profile head of Norway's most conservative political party, officially retired two years ago but quickly admitted that he missed...

Calls to tackle racism after attacks

Issues of racism and discrimination continue to be hotly debated in Norway in the aftermath to the Oslo bombings and Utøya shootings that the...

‘Fear of foreigners’ breeds extremists

Anders Behring Breivik is by no means Norway's first home-grown right-wing extremist. Concerns are rising that the country, with its relatively small population, has...

‘New form of debate’ promised

With local elections due across the country on September 11 and 12, Norwegians and their political representatives are discussing how the election campaign and...

More refugees expected

Norwegian immigration authorities are bracing for a new wave of asylum seekers from Somalia and Eritrea, because of the drought and famine now gripping...

Immigration hit by ‘negative focus’

An ongoing debate in Norway over immigration and the progress of integration has been soured, claim some politicians, by an "increasing negative focus" on...

Skepticism grows over immigration

A new study suggests that half of all Norwegians want to shut Norway's borders to new immigrants. Just as many believe integration efforts have...

Integration hinges on a good job

A government commission studying integration in Norway has concluded that most immigrants are well-integrated, but around 125,000 are stuck in low-income jobs or dependent...

Religious racism shocks officials

The city officials in Oslo who ordered a report on racism and anti-Semitism in Oslo schools say they've been shocked by its findings: Jewish...

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