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Tough week for Refugee Council

As Norway deals with its own influx of asylum seekers, The Norwegian Refugee Council (Flyktninghjelpen) has been dealing with some dramas of its own....

Norway tries to scare off Afghans

In addition to the new controls of ferries and border crossings that took effect Thursday morning, Norwegian Justice Minister Anders Anundsen has resorted to another tactic...

Solberg declares asylum ‘crisis’

It took a crisis for Norway's town and cities to more actively offer housing for asylum seekers at a faster rate this autumn. The offers...

Confusion rises at border crossings

As Norway's government issued new orders to further tighten border control, those working at the border stations were uncertain on Wednesday over how inspections are...

Fewer asylum seekers came last week

The numbers of asylum seekers crossing borders into Norway dipped for the first time in a month last week. Officials claim it's too early...

Compromise ends state budget battle

After weeks of arguments complicated by the rapidly rising costs of the refugee crisis, Norway's government has finally struck a compromise with its two small...

Asylum centers can breed unrest

The tens of thousands of asylum seekers arriving in Norway create not only huge challenges for officials scrambling to house them but also for those trying...

Asylum seeker charged in fatal stabbing

An 18-year-old asylum seeker from Eritrea was in police custody Friday, charged with fatally stabbing a 17-year-old Eritrean girl at an asylum center in...

‘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...
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