Tag: refugees
Refugees face poor conditions
The numbers of Ukrainian refugees arriving in Norway has declined, allowing police to catch up on refugee registration and shorten long waiting times. Many...
Man charged with raping refugee
A Norwegian man in his 20s has been arrested in the northern city of Tromsø and charged with raping and exploiting the hardship of...
Norway gears up for more refugees
The Norwegian government announced plans on Friday for record high investment in reception centers for refugees. The goal is to ensure that local communities...
State set to fly refugees to Norway
The Norwegian government is responding to calls for help from Moldova, which is struggling to care for the thousands of Ukrainian refugees fleeing Russian...
35,000 refugees expected in Norway
Justice Minister Emilie Enger Mehl announced on Tuesday that the Norwegian government expects to take in around 35,000 refugees this year. Fully 30,000 of...
Ukrainian refugees unusually welcome
Norway has long had strict asylum and immigration policy, but is now literally opening its arms to Ukrainian refugees and rushing to accommodate them....
Norway’s Moria aid offer ridiculed
The Norwegian government, under pressure for months to take in refugees from the squalid and overcrowded Moria refugee camp in Greece, finally announced it...
Confusion clouds refugee ‘solution’
Norway's three government parties claim they've agreed on a plan to evacuate some "young and vulnerable" asylum seekers from squalid refugee camps in Greece,...
Norway ‘should take in more refugees’
Former Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik is openly critical that Norway's Conservatives-led government hasn't offered to take in more refugees from squalid camps in...
Royals wrap up visit to Jordan
King Harald V and Queen Sonja ended a three-day state visit to Jordan on Wednesday, their first official visit to the Middle East. The royal...
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