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…
Refugees are settled faster than before, according to an annual report from the Directorate of Integration and Diversity (IMDi). The annual report for the settlement…
FRP’s (Progress Party) Kari Kjønaas Kjos will make it easier for refugees in Lebanon to return to their home country Syria by giving them start-up…
Listhaug embraces Danish immigration policy The Danes’ very restrictive immigration policy is a wet dream to Sylvi Listhaug (Progress Party). Listhaug travelled to Copenhagen on…
Refugees keenest to become Norwegian citizens Statistics Norway confirms what most would take for granted. While refugees, especially from Asia and Africa, change their nationality…
This year, Norway will receive up to 1,000 refugees from Syria, 900 from Congo, and 500 from South Sudan said the Ministry of Justice. In…
250 refugees to be settled in Oslo in 2019 Oslo municipality will settle 250 refugees next year, the lowest number in Oslo in ten years….
Refugees get equal to pension rights for 40 years Refugees residing in Norway are entitled to rights that otherwise require 40 years of membership in…