Tag: refugees
Saudis linked to threat against refugee
Norwegian security officials have warned an Arab refugee living in Norway that he may be in danger, reports the British newspaper The Guardian. The...
Budgeted refugees ‘not nearly enough’
Several humanitarian organizations don't think Norway's conservative government has budgeted for nearly enough refugees next year. They want Norway to accept, and finance, far...
Mullah Krekar appears in brown cheese
The annual and often controversial autumn art exhibition known as Høstutstilling has opened in Oslo again, where one piece of art is grabbing particular...
Murder shakes a small Arctic city
Police in the far northern Norwegian city of Vadsø are baffled and residents stunned by the murder last weekend of a young Norwegian man,...
Norway faces own child refugee dispute
While Norwegian politicians joined international outrage over the US' incarceration of illegal immigrant children this week, they were faced with controversy of their own...
Debate flies over low asylum figures
Immigration and Integration Minister Sylvi Listhaug was predictably delighted by confirmation of the lowest numbers of asylum seekers arriving in Norway since 1995. Others claimed...
Most young Afghan refugees run away
As Norwegian politicians continue to negotiate over forced returns of young rejected refugees, new figures show that most of them disappear before deportations are...
‘The Emigrants’ set to cast off again
At a time when tens of thousands of immigrants and refugees have arrived in Scandinavia, Swedish and Norwegian filmmakers are preparing a new film...
Calls rise to halt Afghan returns
Norway's conservative government is under more pressure to stop sending rejected refugees back to Afghanistan, especially minors when they turn 18. Amnesty International is...
Refugee arrivals now ‘historically low’
The numbers of asylum seekers who have made it on their own to Norway have fallen to their lowest level in more than two...
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