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Refugee returns blocked in the Arctic

No more asylum seekers who were turned down by Norway will be sent over the border to Russia at Storskog. After meetings in Moscow...

‘Power play’ linked to refugee drama

The ongoing drama in Norway's northernmost region, over suspended expulsions of unsuccessful asylum seekers from Russia, has been linked to an alleged Russian power play....

Refugees still risk return to chaos

Norway's controversial expulsions of rejected refugees who arrived via Russia were halted by Russian authorities over the weekend, but Norwegian government officials are keen to...

Resistance grows to refugee returns

Local officials and scores of protesters in Finnmark County are appealing to Prime Minister Erna Solberg to stop or restrict the forced return to Russia of...

Rejected refugees cycle back to Russia

Scores of asylum seekers who cycled over the Russian border into Norway are now being required to pedal back over it, after their applications for asylum...

Six Mali victims on a job for Norway

Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) reported on Wednesday that six Russian citizens killed in the terrorist attacks in Mali last Friday were in the country on...

F16s may join bombing of IS

Norwegian F16 fighter jets may once again be called upon to aid in the bombing of IS targets in Syria, defense experts said Tuesday morning....

Russia willing to take back refugees

Russia's consul general in Kirkenes says his country is willing to take back refugees who have no grounds for seeking asylum or settling in...

Tundra can turn into a catastrophe

With winter setting in, Norwegian government officials fear the Arctic areas around the Norwegian-Russian border could turn into an area more dangerous, and just...

Norway to halt refugee influx

The vast majority of refugees who've been streaming into Norway over its northern border to Russia don't qualify for asylum and will be sent back, either...
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