Still fewer unemployed immigrants
The registered unemployment among immigrants was 6.1 per cent in the second quarter of 2017, a drop of 0.9 percentage points compared to the second…
Immigrants
Districts empties of ethnic Norwegians
Districts empties of ethnic Norwegians Ethnic Norwegians in Oslo move away from neighbourhoods with a high proportion of immigrants. Developments are most evident in districts…
Female immigrants integrate less successfully than men
The integration of female immigrants into introductory programs is far worse than for men, shows recent figures from Statistics Norway (Statistisk sentralbyrå – SSB). …
30 per cent of immigrants have refugee background
A total of 217 200 persons with a refugee background were living in Norway on 1 January 2017. This corresponds to 30 per cent of immigrants…
Countryside most positive to integration
People in rural villages think to a greater degree than urban residents that immigrants are well integrated, a new survey shows. About half of those…
Almost half of new immigrants to Norway speak Norwegian at home
A ‘living conditions’ survey from Statistics Norway (Statistisk sentralbyrå – SSB) shows that 46% of Norway’s immigrants speak Norwegian at home. In the survey, immigrants…
Decrease in unemployment amongst immigrants
The registered unemployment rate among immigrants was 7.1 per cent in the first quarter, a decline of 0.7 percentage points from the same period last…
Integration heading in the wrong direction
The integration of refugees is heading in the wrong direction, and the difference between immigrants and Norwegians increase, according to a study. The study shows…
Immigrants with low wages transfer the most money to their home country
Immigrants from Somalia and Afghanistan earn on average the least. But no other group sends as much of their money back to the country of…
Siv Jensen – Immigrants shall not live off the taxpayers
The leader of the Progressive Party and Minister of Finance, Siv Jensen, was Thursday on a trip to Vestfold and visited, among other places, Larvik’s…
60 per cent of immigrants are employed
More than 390 000 immigrants were employed in the 4th quarter of 2016. This group constituted 60.2 per cent of immigrants settled in Norway aged…
Few young immigrants feel discriminated against
74 percent of immigrants between the age of 16 and 25 do not experience discrimination in everyday life, according to a survey Sentio has done…
Considerable variation in incomes between immigrants in Norway
Immigrant children are overrepresented in the low-income group in this country, but the gap is huge between groups from different background countries. Figures from Statistics…
725 000 immigrants in Norway
At the beginning of 2017, there were 725 000 immigrants and 159 000 Norwegian-born to immigrant parents in Norway. The highest relative growth in 2016…
Half believe that immigrants do not threaten Norwegian culture
One in three Norwegians believe that immigrants threaten Norwegian culture, while more than half disagree with the statement, according to a new survey. There are…
Immigrants get cancer more seldom than Norwegians
Immigrants in Norway have, with few exceptions, lower cancer incidence rate than the general population, according to the Cancer Registry. A likely explanation is their…
Excessive Norwegian language requirements close the jobs door to immigrants
Most immigrants who take the Norwegian language test, fail to obtain the written level that many Norwegian employers require. ‘Kompetanse Norge’, which is the National…
Two-fold increase in Syrian participants
During 2015, 37 100 people attended Norwegian language training and social studies for newly arrived immigrants – a 2 percent increase from 2014. A total of…
Fewer unemployed immigrants
Unemployment among immigrants has decreased to 7.2 percent. Unemployment is highest among immigrants from Africa. Unemployment among immigrants has decreased from 7.5 percent in August…
Trump will deport up to three million immigrants
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump says he plans to deport up to three million illegal immigrants from the United States, and that the wall between the…