Tuesday, December 15, 2015

#NORWAY: All Parties Agree To Tougher Refugee Policy As Record Numbers Arrive

[world politics news]


The ruling Conservative and populist Progress Party reached an agreement with allies and the Labour opposition, giving them a broad parliamentary majority to tighten Norway's asylum policy and reduce asylum-seeker benefits to dissuade migrants from coming, the country's political parties agreed, amid a record number of asylum applications. In 2015, 29,000 people have sought asylum in the country of 5.2 million.

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