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  • Medical Evacuation from Gaza: Six Patients to Norway

    09/12/2024 Press release Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Health and Care Services, Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion, Office of the Prime Minister

    Six patients from Gaza were evacuated from Egypt to Norway on 9 December, in order to receive medical treatment in Norway. The patients are children aged 1-16, travelling with family members. These are the first patients from Gaza to arrive in

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    The Government is changing the rules: Norway will grant collective protection to fewer Ukrainians

    27/09/2024 Press release Ministry of Justice and Public Security, Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion

    For two and a half years, the vast majority of people arriving from Ukraine have received temporary collective protection in Norway without individual consideration of each application by the authorities. Starting from today, applications from

  • Municipalities in Norway still very willing to settle refugees

    13/03/2024 Press release Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion

    Norwegian municipalities have so far agreed to settle nearly 19,000 refugees in 2024. If this trend continues, the municipalities will again end up undertaking to settle almost 30,000 refugees this year - on par with the record-breaking years of

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    New measures to ensure continued control of immigration

    30/01/2024 Press release Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion, Ministry of Justice and Public Security

    Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is continuing with full force. More than half of the Ukrainian refugees who arrive in the Nordic countries seek protection in Norway. Norway will continue to provide support for Ukrainians, but is imposing more

  • Changes to the regulations for displaced Ukrainians

    07/12/2023 Press release Ministry of Justice and Public Security, Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion

    Norwegian municipalities have done an outstanding job of settling and integrating displaced persons from Ukraine. Norway will continue this commitment, and take its share of the responsibility, but the level of arrivals must be sustainable over time

  • Longer stays at reception centres, finding work more quickly

    24/10/2023 Press release Ministry of Justice and Public Security, Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion

    The high number of displaced Ukrainians arriving in Norway means that the length of stay in asylum reception centres is set to rise. At the same time, the Government wants to make improvements to the introduction programme to help more people find

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    The Norwegian Government asks the municipalities to settle 35 000 refugees in 2023

    25/11/2022 Press release Office of the Prime Minister, Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion

    The war in Ukraine is ongoing, and millions of people have had to flee from their home country. The Norwegian Government is now asking Norwegian municipalities to prepare to receive many refugees next year as well.

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    Invitation to a digital Nordic seminar on inclusion of vulnerable young people 15th September

    09/08/2022 News story Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion

    The Norwegian Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion invites to a Nordic digital seminar 15th September on inclusion of young people in work, education and society. The seminar is part of the Norwegian presidency programme for the Nordic Council of

  • Compulsory wage arbitration in the industrial dispute between the Norwegian Organisation of Managers and Executives and Norwegian Oil and Gas

    05/07/2022 Press release Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion

    The Government is proposing compulsory wage arbitration in order to resolve the industrial dispute between the trade union Norwegian Organisation of Managers and Executives (Lederne) and Norwegian Oil and Gas in connection with this year's basic

  • The Norwegian Government wants to ensure that Ukrainian refugees are included more quickly in Norwegian society

    29/04/2022 Press release Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion

    The Norwegian Government is submitting a Proposition to the Storting, proposing temporary amendments to several Acts. The objective is to ensure that the legislation is flexible enough for the municipalities to quickly and effectively handle a large