Norway is to stop automatically granting asylum to all Ukrainians with immediate effect, the government announced today, clarifying that the cases of those arriving from the western regions of the country, considered safe as they are far from the front, will be considered on a case-by-case basis . Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the Norwegian authorities had decided to offer “collective protection” to Ukrainian refugees by automatically granting them asylum. In the past two and a half years, Norway, a country of 5.6 million people, has received about 85,000 Ukrainians, which is, according to Oslo, more than its neighboring countries in northern Europe. “We cannot accept a disproportionate number of displaced people compared to comparable countries, such as the Nordics,” Norwegian Justice Minister Emilie Enger Mehl said during a press conference. Immigration authorities will now individually process asylum applications from residents of six regions in western Ukraine considered safe. The Norwegian government justified […]
Source: News Beast
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