“Being granted asylum saved my life”: A talk with Rafal Gawel, Polish refugee in Norway
Rafal Gawel is the first Pole to be granted asylum in over 30 years, since the fall of communism in Poland. Cases in which European…
Asylum
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…
UDI say fewer Ethiopians to receive asylum in Norway and more will go home
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs warned that fewer Ethiopians will receive asylum in Norway and that more will be sent home. In a letter to…
Critical to Church Asylum at Hønefoss
Representative critical to Church Asylum at Hønefoss Local elected representative in The Norwegian Church, Peder Gjerdrum, is critical of the fact that the family, that…
Changes routines regarding returning children
The police changes routines regarding returning children The Norwegian police take self-criticism for the way in which families with children have been sent out of…
Fewer residents at Norwegian asylum reception centres
At the end of October, there were 3,930 people from 42 different countries in asylum reception centres in Norway,which is 1,100 fewer than at the…
Recall of citizenship will be expensive
Recall of citizenship after asylum will be expensive The bill that the courts will determine for the recall of citizenship in asylum cases will cost…
UDI will examine why Turkish nationals seek asylum in Norway
In the past few months, hundreds of asylum seekers from Turkey have arrived in Norway. Now the Immigration Directorate (UDI) Want to find out why….
COURT: No Asylum Birthday Penalty
Thursday, April 12, Luxemburg’s European Court of Justice (ECJ) issued decision finding that all unmarried, minor-aged asylum-seekers who apply for immigration and who then subsequently…
UDI: 50% Seeking Asylum
The Norwegian Directorate of Immigration (UDI) has released its first-quarter totals and reports receiving 674 asylum applications; half the total of 2017’s first-quarter asylum applications….
About 200 asylum seekers can apply for asylum again from 1 February
The parliament decided last autumn that some unaccompanied minor asylum seekers will have thir cases reviewed again. UDI assumes that about 200 people are allowed to…
UDI adheres to the security assessment in Afghanistan and Kabul
UDI has reviewed four reports on the security situation in Afghanistan, but finds no reason to change its asylum practices. “We have not found…
Up to 200 may be laid off in UDI
From the New Year, the Immigration Directorate (UDI) must let go of between 150 and 200 temporary staff. The reason is due to fewer are…
Italian authorities don’t win case for asylum in Norway
Italian authorities find it unfair that asylum seekers are sent back to Italy from Norway, but they don’t gain a hearing from the Norwegian government….
Afghan family allowed to be out of church
An asylum Afghan family who has been in a church in Kristiansand is now allowed to be outside of the church An Afghan family who…
Asylum applicant charged for rape case at Oslo Airport
An asylum seeker in the early 20’s is accused of raping a woman in the Arrival Hall at Oslo Airport in March last year. According…
More than 700,000 granted asylum in the EU last year
The EU’s 28 member states granted asylum to 710,400 people last year, more than twice as many as 2015, according to recent figures from Eurostat….
Turkey reacts strongly to five defectors’ asylum in Norway
Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister rages against Norway after four Turkish officers and a military attaché has been granted asylum in Norway in the aftermath of…
19-year-old sentenced to18 years in prison for asylum murder in Sunndal
The Eritrean man, who has confessed to the murder of a 17 year old girl at the reception centre at Sunndalsøra in November 2015, is…
Only one family who’d been refused asylum sought support to repatriate
Up to the New Year, families who sought an assisted return from Norway, could get up to 200,000 kroner in support. Only one family sought…
