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Settlement of refugees

Settlement with public assistance is a voluntary service offered by the Norwegian government. The Norwegian Directorate of Integration and Diversity (IMDi) and municipalitices decides where refugees are setteled.

Sickness Benefits

Sickness benefits from the National Insurance Scheme provide compensation for lost income when you are unable to work due to illness or injury.

Care Allowance for a Sick Child

Care allowance is a financial support for working individuals who need to take time off work to care for a child requiring continuous supervision and care due to illness, injury, or disability.

Welfare schemes to prevent poverty in Norway

The Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion has the overall responsibility for coordinating the government’s efforts against poverty and for improving the living conditions of those who are struggling financially or with other social conditions.

Assistive aids

Assistive aids are intended to compensate for practical problems that individuals with disabilities may encounter in everyday life, society and in the workplace.

Work Assessment Allowance (AAP)

Work Assessment Allowance (AAP) is a benefit from Nav (the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration) for individuals with reduced work capacity due to illness,injury or defect. AAP secures income for individuals who needs work-related measures,

Social dumping

Increased labour immigration has led to problems with social dumping in some industries. Social dumping is deemed to be present both if foreign employees are subject to breaches of health, safety and working environment regulations and if they are

Medical Evacuation from Gaza: Six Patients to Norway

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

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

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

Speech at the plenary of the 112th International Labour Conference 2024

President, Director General, Ministers, Representatives of workers and employers, Let me start by saying that it is a privilege for me to attend this plenary today and to be able to discuss the Director General report on The New Social Contract. The

By State Secretary Per Olav Skurdal Hopsø Statement by Norway delivered by state secretary ofThe Ministry of Labour and Social inclusion Mr. Per Olav Hopsø, Palais des Nations, Geneva, 7 June 2024.

The Norwegian Social Insurance Scheme 2024

This brochure gives a general overview of the Norwegian Social Insurance Scheme in 2024.

Municipalities in Norway still very willing to settle refugees

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

NOU 2024: 3 - Joint efforts against extremism: Better conditions for preventive work

Summary

New measures to ensure continued control of immigration

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

The working environment and safety

Enterprises are themselves responsible for preventing accidents and harm to health as a result of work. Employers have a duty to ensure that the working environment is both safe and satisfactory.

Changes to the regulations for displaced Ukrainians

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

Negative social control and honour based violence

It is important to prevent children and young individuals in Norway from being exposed to negative social control and honour based violence, inlcuding forced marriage and female genital mutilation.

Questions and answers about Norwegian immigration policy

How is responsibility divided between the Ministry, the Directorate of Immigration and the Immigration Appeals Board?

Longer stays at reception centres, finding work more quickly

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

The Norwegian Government's Action Plan on Gender and Sexual Diversity (2023–2026)

The goal of the new Action Plan for Gender and Sexual Diversity for the period 2023 to 2026 is to improve queer people's quality of life, safeguard their rights and contribute to greater acceptance of gender and sexual diversity. The plan sets out