Norwegian police travel to Greece to verify IDs of Syrians coming to Norway
A team from the Police Immigration Unit (PU) is in place in Athens to meet the 50 Syrians who have been selected to be brought…
Asylum seeker
Europe registers 31% fewer asylum applications this year
The coronavirus pandemic and travel restrictions have contributed to far fewer people seeking asylum in EU countries, Norway, and Switzerland this year. A total of…
2020 update: A total of 238,300 people with refugee background are living in Norway
At the start of 2020, 4,500 more refugees were living in Norway than the year before. A total of 238,300 people with refugee backgrounds were…
The government has 242 million kroner unused for refugees
Due to a a record low amount of people are seeking asylum in Norway in 2019, a large part of the budget for asylum, refugee…
Sanner opens for revoking citizenship
Sanner opens for revoking Norwegian citizenship Minister of Knowledge and Integration, Jan Tore Sanner, is changing the instructions to the UDI so that it can…
Frp tops call for change regarding criminal asylum seekers
Frp tops wish to change the rules for criminal asylum seekers in Norway Jøran Kallmyr and Sylvi Listhaug (Progress Party, Frp), want rule changes for…
NPAs reactions to the Government platform
Norwegian People’s Aid’s reactions to the Government Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA) is inquisitive about the Norwegian Government’s Israel-Palestine policy. The Norwegian Government state that they…
Forced health care after murder in Vadsø
Forced mental health care after knife murder in Vadsø An Asylum seeker, who claims to be a 20-years-old Afghani, is sentenced to forced mental health…
Thousands of residence permits are reassessed by the UDI
The government has a target requirement of 7,500 returns of asylum seekers during the year. According to Aftenposten newspaper,UDI is considering withdrawing the residence permit…
17-year-old with a temporary residence permit is charged with murder in Vadsø
A 17-year-old Afghan boy was charged with the murder of an 18-year-old man in Vadsø, Saturday. The boy came to Norway as a minor asylum…
Asylum seeker has confessed to starting fire in Levanger
An Iranian man has been granted permission to admit to starting the fire in the wooden housing settlement in Kirkegata in Levanger on Monday. He…
Two out of three asylum seekers received a permission to stay last year
A new report from the Norwegian Organization for asylum seekers (NOAS) On Monday showed that 67% of those who applied for asylum in Norway…
Asylum seeker, aged 70, got permission to stay after 15 years in Asylum Reception Centre
After 15 years in an asylum reception centre, 70 year old, Almetu Etana Gudissa from Ethiopia has been granted a residence permit in Norway. …
Strong increase in the number of asylum seekers from Turkey
The number of asylum seekers from Turkey increased by 84 percent in 2017. The majority belong to the Muslim Gülen movement, according to the class…
429 forced deportations in January
Police Immigration Unit (PU) sent 429 people out of the country coercively in January this year. One third of them were given a penalty. Of…
False asylum stories for sale
Several companies offer fake documents, and fictional stories for asylum seekers who want to enter Norway from Iran, and Afghanistan, reported NRK news. The…
UDI says there’s continued uncertainty about number of 2018 asylum seekers
There were 3,546 asylum seekers entering Norway in 2017, almost 100 more than the year before. Not since 1995 have the number of arrivals been…
Asylum seeker threatens reception centre employee with knife
An asylum seeker has been arrested at an asylum reception centre in Levanger after threatening an employee with a knife. Police in Trøndelag reported…
Numbers of asylum seekers continue to fall
In October, 175 asylum seekers came to Norway, according to figures issued by the Directorate of Immigration (UDI) on Monday. In September, 183 asylum…
Asylum applicant convicted of rape at Gardermoen
Somali man convicted of rape at Oslo Airport Gardermoen A 20-year-old asylum seeker from Somalia has been sentenced to two years in prison in Upper…
