Tag: refugees
More refugees arrive from Russia
Police in Norway's northernmost county of Finnmark have demanded an answer from Russian authorities as to why they allowed six asylum seekers to cross...
Refugee rescue ship back in Norway
The offshore vessel Siem Pilot has spent the past two years patrolling the waters of the Mediterranean and rescuing thousands of desperate refugees from drowning....
Half of all refugees in Norway have jobs
Just over half of the refugees in Norway aged 25-54 have jobs, reports state statistics bureau SSB (Statistics Norway). That compares to around 80 percent...
Asylum center leader charged with sexual assault
A leader of several asylum centers in Norway has been charged and jailed on suspicion of having sexually assaulted more than a dozen children under the age...
Culture shock hits refugees in Karasjok
Karasjok in Northern Norway is known as a capital of Sami culture with long cold winters, equally long light summer days and wide open spaces. Not...
Foreign minister upholds Trump criticism
Foreign Minister Børge Brende addressed the Norwegian Parliament on Wednesday with a promise to maintain the government's criticism of US President Donald J Trump's...
Immigration tests the welfare state
Norway has not succeeded in ushering refugees and many other immigrants into the workforce, notes the leader of a commission that's been studying the...
Former ministers ‘shocked’ by Trump
Three former Norwegian foreign ministers, including one who also served as Norway's ambassador to the US, are urging the government to directly and more strongly...
Calls rise to help US-banned refugees
As outrage piles up over the US Trump Administration's sudden ban on asylum seekers and citizens of seven mostly Muslim countries, some Norwegians want to offer alternative...
Norway slams US’ refugee, travel ban
The Norwegian government, which often has called the US its "most important ally," was as upset as many others around the world this weekend after new US...
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