Tag: refugees
Christian Democrats help rein in UDI
Norway's Christian Democrats party has gone along with forming a majority in Parliament that will stop state immigration agency UDI from revoking citizenship granted to immigrants...
Alarms ring over rejected refugees
UPDATED: Never before has so much concern been expressed over the fate of mostly teenage boys who have fled Afghanistan, made their way to...
Soldiers of Odin loses leaders
Just two weeks after taking over as the new leader of the quasi-vigilante group Soldiers of Odin, Jan Tellef Aanonsen says he has quit...
Another fire hits an asylum center
Firefighters in Rjukan, Telemark County, battled thrugh the night to extinguish another fire at an asylum center. There were no deaths or injuries, but...
Prime minister lauded for promoting ‘new word of the year’
Prime Minister Erna Solberg ended up getting credit for introducing and using what Norwegian language experts chose as the "the new word of the year"...
Skepticism grows over immigration
A new survey carried out by state statistics bureau SSB (Statistics Norway) shows that a third of all Norwegians now think it should become even...
Asylum seekers numbers continue to dive
Only 228 asylum seekers arrived in Norway in November, the lowest level so far this year and the lowest level in nearly 20 years....
‘Horrible’ refugee returns questioned
Several Members of Parliament are demanding answers from Immigration Minister Sylvi Listhaug regarding her active efforts to return asylum seekers to Aghanistan. Some are calling...
New asylum rules won’t be eased
Norway's tougher new asylum rules have boosted deportations and sparked concern lately, both inside and outside the country, but they won't be eased any...
Norway braces for new refugee influx
Norway's immigration agency UDI (Utlendingsdirektoratet) is bracing for another influx of asylum seekers over its northern border to Russia. Officials won't specify why, but...
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