Author Abdulrazak Gurnah (72) received this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature. The former refugee writes, among other things, about colonialism and the fate of refugees….
A UN group has asked Norway to immediately transport its citizens from the Al-Hol and Roj camps in Syria, but the Norwegian Foreign Ministry replied…
Around 124,000 people tried to cross the EU’s external border illegally last year. That is the lowest number since 2013, the border authority Frontex states….
According to preliminary figures from the Directorate of Immigration (UDI), 1,387 asylum seekers arrived in Norway in 2020. That is a decrease of 40% from…
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…
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…
Transfer refugees who are lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender persons must, for the first time, be prioritized both as a group and as an individual….
The Covid-19 pandemic is exacerbating an already difficult situation for populations in countries affected by humanitarian crises. Refugees and internally displaced persons will be especially…
Norwegian municipalities settled a total of 4,822 refugees last year, figures from the Integration and Diversity Directorate show. The number is about the same as…
Oslo City Council has decided that no new refugees will be settled in Groruddalen and Søndre Nordstrand this year. The municipality of Oslo will settle…
Norway has agreed to welcome 200 refugees located in Romania and 600 in Rwanda during the year. “A total of 800 people who have been…
55 percent of the 37,000 refugees who completed the introductory program from 2005 to 2016 were employed in 2017, according to a new Statistics Norway…
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…
By 2020, the Directorate of Integration and Diversity (IMDi) wants Norwegian municipalities to settle around 5,000 refugees, of which more than half are resettlement refugees….
Refugees residing in Norway are now entitled to rights that otherwise require 40 years of membership in the national insurance scheme. But this will soon…
In a letter to the Ministry of Justice, the Directorate of Immigration (UDI) writes that they are experiencing an increase in applications from people who…
The number of refugees in the world has now exceeded 70 million. That is the highest figure since World War II, according to the UN…
Refugees with a high education can cope with a three-month introductory course, while the least educated will receive four years of training in Norwegian language…
More and more refugees are either in work or education show fresh figures. The figures for 2018 were the best in ten years. The figures…
Quota refugees must sign a value contract if they want to get protection in Norway. It is one of Fremskrittsparti’s (Frp’s) proposals for tighter immigration…
