Tag: refugees

Syrian refugees face return to Russia

Police in Northern Norway have confirmed that many of the Syrian refugees streaming over the Norwegian-Russian border hold legal residence permission in Russia and...

New refugee reception center opens in Oslo

Newly arrived refugees who've been sleeping on the pavement outside the Oslo police's lone asylum registration center can finally be offered a bed, showers and...

Refugees can spark right-wing threat

News that right-wing white supremacists attacked a busload of refugees in Finland during the night boosts concerns that right-wing extremists may strike in Norway as...

Norway will share EU’s refugee load

Norwegian Justice Minister Anders Anundsen has pledged that Norway will take part in the EU's plan approved this week to distribute 120,000 refugees more evenly among...

Farmers keen to take in refugees

Just a day after officials announced that another 1,242 refugees arrived in Norway last week, some farmers in the valley of Hallingdal urged immigration authorities...

No refugee quotas after Merkel meeting

Prime Minister Erna Solberg left the aftermath of Monday's mid-term elections to discuss one of their key issues, the refugee crisis, with German Chancellor...

No commitments on refugee placement

Norwegian Justice Minister Anders Anundsen was in Brussels this week as an observer at an EU meeting on the refugee crisis. Since Norway is...

‘Heartless’ campaign rocks government

Crushing losses suffered by Norway's conservative Progress Party in this week's mid-term municipal elections are now being directly linked to what even some party...

‘New mood’ helps immigration boss

Frode Forfang is the first to admit that the sudden influx of refugees arriving in Norway caught both him and the state immigration agency he heads by...

‘Food for Syria’ fed refugee relief

PHOTO FEATURE: Thousands of Norwegians, along with several top politicians, spent Sunday afternoon in Oslo attending an outdoor Syrian food fair. It was aimed at...
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