Norway extradites Kurdish politician to Turkey
Kurdish female politician Gülizar Taşdemir who sought asylum in Norway for medical treatment in 2015,…
Category: Asylum
Norway accepts to take some migrants from Malta
Non-EU country Norway has accepted to take some of the migrants who disembarked in Malta…
Norway should extradite 5 soldiers: Turkey’s Deputy PM
Norway should extradite five Turkish military officers suspected of links to the Fetullah Terrorist Organization…
Norway grants asylum to Turkish soldiers
The Norwegian Directorate of Immigration has accepted asylum requests of four Turkish soldiers and one…
Refuge in Europe “mission impossible”
The EU-Turkey deal has turned Greece into a testing ground for European Union policies that…
Norway to check asylum seekers’ mobile phones
Norwegian police should be allowed to check mobile phones and other devices owned by asylum…
Norway extends border control migrant flows
Norway is extending temporary border checks until May to control the inflow of migrants, the…
Readmission Agreement between Norway and Pakistan signed
The Readmission Agreement between Norway and Pakistan was signed on 25 January 2017 in Islamabad.…
UN Asks Norway Not to Send Refugees Back to Somalia
Just a few weeks after the Norwegian authorities said they will send refugees back to…
‘It’s not MY fault’ Norway minister
NORWAY’S Immigration Minister has lashed out against critics accusing her of failing migrant families by…
Norway mulls expulsion of up to 15,000 rejected asylum seekers
Norway is preparing for the expulsion of up to 15,000 people whose asylum bids have…
Norway requires asylum seekers to attend classes on women’s rights
Immigrants seeking asylum in Norway are required to attend compulsory classes on female rights —…
Norway amends asylum seekers legislation
As most European countries grapple with stopping unwarranted and at times suspicious asylum seekers from…
Deported Iraqis Now In Norwegian Jail
The Iraqi asylum seekers deported from Iceland earlier this week are now in Norwegian jail,…
Norway’s asylum figures down
In the final four months of 2015, a record number of asylum seekers came to…
Necessary tightening of Norway’s asylum rules
The Norwegian parliament has adopted a number of legislative amendments to ensure a more sustainable…
Britain would have to accept MORE migrants if we made Norway style treaty after exit
Britain would have to accept more migrants if it forged a Norwegian-style trade treaty with…
Readmission agreement with Turkey
On 26 April, Norway signed a readmission agreement with Turkey. Under the agreement, Turkish citizens,…
UDI cancels creation of 8,000 reception places
The Directorate of Immigration (UDI) cancels the creation of 8,000 places in reception centers for…
Netherlands-Cells for Asylum Seekers
With crime declining in the Netherlands, the country is looking at new ways to fill…
Measures to address the refugee crisis
The Ministry of Justice and Public Security has drawn up a range of measures to…
Al Qaeda Fighter Sought Asylum in Norway as a ‘Refugee’
Norwegian police arrested a former Syrian Al Qaeda fighter who sought asylum in Norway, the…
UN criticized Norway for deporting refugees to Russia in sub-zero temperatures
On Tuesday, Norway began sending refugees and migrants who battled temperatures approaching 30 degrees below…
EU internal border checks to stay in place
The European Commission on Wednesday (5 May) backed extending internal border checks for six months…
EU to Maintain Border Checks in Five Countries
The European Commission considered that the extraordinary circumstances for limiting the Schengen Agreement of free…