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NOK 800 million less for the reception of asylum seekers
The government will reduce the budget of the apparatus for receiving asylum seekers by 800 million kroner. A tight asylum policy has lead to fewer asylum seekers, a…
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Listhaug will award refugees who learn Norwegian quickly
Sylvi Listhaug will create special integration reception centers for selected refugees. There they will get started quickly with tuition, and those who fail the…
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Listhaug wants refugee mothers in education earlier
The Government proposes that refugees should begin on education while they are on maternity leave. – I would now suggest that women should be required to participate in…
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Fewer naturalisations
A total of 12 400 persons were naturalised in 2015, which corresponds to a 19 per cent decline from the record year of 2014. The largest decline was among former…
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Man dead after accident on Statoil rig
A welder working on a Statoil rig at the Samsung shipyard in Geoje in South Korea, died before the weekend as a result of injuries he sustained in an accident in April.…
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Listhaug suggests that refugees can make school lunches
In the upcoming integration announcement there is a proposal that refugees can help make school lunches. It would be a win win both for the refugees themselves and the…
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Listhaug relaxes the job requirements for asylum seekers
The government will remove the requirement that refugees must have completed the asylum interviews before they are allowed to work in this country, TV2 News reports. The…
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Crown Princess will be seconded to Norad
Princess Mette-Marit will be seconded to Norad this month and in the autumn. It is 13 years since she interned there last. I am very happy to go back and get some…
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Checks at internal border extended
Checks on persons at the ferry arrivals from Denmark, Sweden and Germany will continue up to and including June 11 after the temporary control at internal Schengen…
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Compulsive daily registration for young Social benefits applicants in Stavanger
Stavanger City Council will discuss a proposal expecting new young recipients of social benefits to present themselves at the social security office every morning to be…
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SMS reminders resulted in increased turnout
A pilot project in which selected voters in 27 municipalities received two reminders by SMS before the election last year, lead to more young people under 30 voting. An…
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Emergency accommodation of asylum seekers has cost more than a half billion
The state will have paid almost 1.6 billion for acute accommodation of asylum seekers when the last sleeping accomodation agreement expires in June. This was a solution…
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Tybring- Gjedde believes Norway should send refugees to fight against IS
Deputy leader of the Defence Committee, Christian Tybring- Gjedde (Progress Party), wants young Iraqi and Syrian refugees to receive military training and then be sent…
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