UDI boss: – Working migrants fall under the radar
The number of migrants from India and other countries outside the EEA increased last year to 6,196. – This is a type of immigration that…
Immigration
Immigration cannot replace births
Neither refugees nor labour immigration solve the challenges of low birth rates say two of Norway’s leading researchers in the area to Klassekampen newspaper. Falling…
Further cuts to immigration management
The Directorate of Immigration will cut its budget next year by almost 25 per cent. According to the government’s budget proposal, the Directorate of…
13 percent fewer deportations this year – 391 people sent out of the country in July
The police have deported 2,898 people during the first seven months of the year. In July 391 people were deported from Norway. The number…
Strict conditions for family immigration prevent integration
A strict policy on family immigration is a barrier to good integration. “It helps to inhibit the integration process,” said senior researcher,Helga Eggebø at…
Lowest birth surplus in Norway since 1985
Fewer births and more deaths gave us the lowest birth surplus in Norway in 33 years in the first three months of the year, but…
Record drop in immigration to Norway last year
Norway registered 58,200 immigrants last year. That is 8,600 fewer than the previous year. This is a record decline, in particular because of lower numbers…
Røe Isaksen alerts of the dramatic consequences of immigration
Høyres (Right) Torbjørn Røe Isaksen believes that the low level of occupational participation among many immigrants will undermine the welfare state. During a seminar…
Fewer people are being deported from the country
So far this year, the Police Immigration Unit (PU) has deported 4,579 people out of the country. This is a decline of 30 percent from…
Immigration was the important issue for voters during this year’s parliamentary elections
For 28% of voters during this year’s parliamentary elections, immigration was the important issue when they voted. That’s more than doubling than during the election…
Lowest net immigration since 2006
So far this year, net immigration in Norway is at the lowest it’s been since 2006. The arrival of fewer labour immigrants from Eastern…
Immigration will cost NOK 10,000 extra per person by 2100
New research from Statistics Norway (SSB) shows that Immigration to Norway will cost 10,000 extra per person in tax every year, from 2025. One…
Frp voters believe Norwegian values are threatened
Eight out of ten Frp voters believe Norwegian values are threatened Nearly 80 percent of the Frp voters believe that Norwegian values and traditions are…
Norway drops a place on immigration top ten list
Norway is in 6th position in a new USA report describing living conditions for immigrants in a large number of countries. Sweden is at…
Reduced labour immigration
A total of 50 500 persons with non-Nordic citizenship immigrated to Norway in 2016. Immigration due to refuge showed the highest increase, while labour immigration showed…
High refugee immigration
The highest immigration growth in 2016 was among persons from Syria who, in the wake of the refugee crisis, ended up in Norway. Around 9 500…
More than half view immigration as beneficial
Survey indicate that the majority believe immigration is good for Norway In a new survey from Ipsos, 53% of respondents answered that they think immigration…
Lowest net immigration in ten years
700 in 2016. The growth is mainly due to increased immigration from war-torn Syria. In 2015, 4 000 more Syrians arrived in Norway than left,…
Immigration will soften the rules on naturalization
UDI wants to change the law so that children are not penalized for something that happened before they were born in naturalization cases. UDI director…
Immigration interviews minors via Skype
In anticipation of better age tests the Norwegian Department of Immigration (UDI) puts more emphasis on asylum interviews to determine the age of minors. Many…