Tag: integration

Bishop: ‘Let illegals work and pay tax’

Bishop Emeritus Tor Berger Jørgensen is calling on the Norwegian government to allow everyone who has been living illegally in Norway for five years or...

More calls made to take in more refugees

Norway's conservative minority government isn't only facing confrontations over how "green" its state budget will be, or how much oil money should be tapped....

More asylum centers to be shut down

Norway's immigration agency UDI (Utlendingsdirektoratet) is shutting down another 3,800 places for asylum seekers to live, citing the sharp downturn in refugees arriving in...

Hotel and restaurant workers exploited as job discrimination complaints rise

State labour officials have concluded that eight out of 10 companies in the restaurant and hotel industry violate Norwegian labour laws. Young employees and asylum...

Hair salon owner appeals anti-hijab conviction

A hair salon owner in Western Norway who's been active in anti-Islamic organizations has appealed a local court's conviction that she illegally refused to serve...

Immigrant children match local skills

A new study by state statistics bureau SSB shows that after just seven years in Norway, immigrant girls are doing at least as well...

Lessons from the Kirkenes tragedy

NEWS ANALYSIS: Kirkenes' new, bright yellow school complex stands out in the otherwise muted Arctic city in Norway's far north, this week for all the wrong...

Record number of refugees settled

Norwegian towns and cities, working with state officials, have found homes for a record number of asylum seekers who have secured refugee status in...

Dual citizenship momentum grows

Momentum is building in Norway to finally end the country's ban on dual citizenship, with two activists working hard to convince state politicians that...

Listhaug taps Labour veteran to lead integration

Norway's tough-talking Immigration Minister Sylvi Listhaug of the conservative Progress Party has made an unusual choice in naming Labour Party veteran Libe Rieber-Mohn as...
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