The Pope compares today’s refugees to Joseph and Mary
Today’s refugees escape from their homes just as Joseph and Mary had to before Jesus was born, Pope Francis said in his midnight mass in…
Refugees
The EU opens a corridor for 10,000 refugees from Libya
The EU opens a corridor for 10,000 refugees from Libya About 10,000 people stranded in Libya and refugee camps can for humanitarian reasons be allowed…
Significant increase in aid to Middle East, sub-Saharan Africa, and refugees in neighbouring areas
According to new figures, refugee-related costs in Norway for 2017 are NOK 1,36 billion lower than projected. The Government has proposed that most of…
Norwegian municipalities will settle 4,400 refugees next year
The Directorate of Integration and Diversity has asked Norwegian municipalities to take in a total of 4,400 refugees in 2018. This is far fewer than…
Refugees may be denied travel documents
Refugees with insecure identity may be denied travel documents The Supreme Court has ruled that it is not unfair to refuse refugees travel documents if…
The government will suspend contributing to Mediterranean rescue operations
The budget proposals show that the government are in favour of stopping contributions to Triton rescue operations in the Mediterranean, reported VG newspaper. According…
Listhaug says it’s not acceptable to receive a higher quota of refugees now
Immigration Minister, Sylvi Listhaug of Fremskrittsparti (Frp), has strongly rejected the call from the opposition, that Norway accepts more quota refugees than the state budget…
Two Refugees died in the boat accident in Seljordsvatne
The two schoolmates who died in the boat accident in Seljordsvatnet were both refugees. The boat was found, but a teacher is still missing after…
Listhaug believes many refugees are not getting what they need
What the municipalities are offering to the refugees fall short of their intended goals, says Minister of Integration, Sylvi Listhaug (Frp). Refugees undergo an…
Skepticism towards immigrants and refugees
Survey shows large scale skepticism towards immigrants and refugees According to a survey by the Norwegian Foreign Policy Institute (NUPI),every fourth Norwegian believes that refugees…
Four out of ten say no to more refugees
22 percent of respondents in a surveybelieve Norway should receive more refugees this year than last year, while 39 percent believe we should receive fewer….
Many leaders will not give refugees practice jobs
Many leaders will not give refugees practice jobs Nearly half of 600 business executives say that it’s not possible to offer training jobs for refugees,…
Listhaug encourages refugees who shall travel to their home countries to report it
Sylvi Listhaug is urging ordinary people – especially those traveling with children – to report to the Immigration Dictoriate (UDI) that they are about to…
Syrian war refugees ask why they are not wanted
Syrian war refugees ask why Norway doesn’t want them ‘Why does affluent Norway oppose entry for so few of us’, Syrian war refugees are asking…
Younger refugees finds it easier to find work
Refugees who were at the end of their teens when they arrived in Norway, are more often in employment than those who were older when…
Special benefit arrangements for refugees continues
End of special benefit arrangements for refugees did not get majority vote in Parliament Only Fremskrittspartiet (Frp), and Høyre (H), politicians voted yes to the…
NOAS – Norway is weakening the rights of refugees
Norway leads the way in weakening the rights of refugees according to NOAS With the instructions that can deprive Somali refugee status, Norway is leading…
Half of the refugees in Norway are employed
Only half of refugees aged 25 to 54 in Norway are working. For the overall population in the same age group, eight out of ten…
Over 3,000 refugees settled this winter
3,324 refugees were settled in Norwegian municipalities in the first three months. The aim to settle 12,500 refugees this year is thus within reach. …
Record number of unaccompanied minors are residing in Norway as refugees
Never before have so many unaccompanied minors been living in Norway as refugees as over the past two years, according to new figures from Statistisk…
