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  • Changes in requirements for accommodation offered to asylum seekers

    11/12/2023 News story Ministry of Justice and Public Security

    It is a goal for the Government that the numbers of asylum seekers arriving in Norway are sustainable, and for arrivals to be more on a par with arrivals to our neighbouring countries.

  • 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

  • Mehl in Luxembourg: We must safeguard Norway in an unsafe world

    19/10/2023 Press release Ministry of Justice and Public Security

    On Thursday, 19 October, Minister of Justice and Public Security Emilie Enger Mehl participated in the meeting of the Justice and Home Affairs Council in Luxembourg. Among others, the agenda included measures to strengthen the EU’s security in light

  • Norway providing support to flood victims in Ukraine

    12/06/2023 Press release Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Justice and Public Security

    ‘Norway is increasing its humanitarian support and sending equipment to help the many thousands of people affected by the flooding following the collapse of the Kakhovka dam,’ said Minister of Foreign Affairs Anniken Huitfeldt.

  • Mehl met with the European Union Commissioner for Crisis Management

    06/06/2023 News story Ministry of Justice and Public Security

    Minister of Justice and Public Security Emilie Enger Mehl (Sp) met with the Commissioner for Crisis Management in EU, Janez Lenarčič, today. The Comissioner took the opportunity to thank Norway for its contribution to the EU Civil Protection

  • United Nations marks 75 years of peacekeeping

    29/05/2023 News story Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Justice and Public Security

    Since the first UN peacekeeping operation, UNTSO in the Middle East, was established on 29 May 1948, the UN has led 71 peacekeeping operations. There are currently 12 active operations. Norway has participated in 47 operations, providing more than

  • The Norwegian Government sends generators to Ukraine

    20/02/2023 Press release Ministry of Justice and Public Security

    Following Russian attacks, millions of Ukrainians are without power, water, or heating. There is a large and urgent need for help. Norway has made considerable contributions to maintaining the Ukrainian power supply and the Norwegian Government has

  • Norwegian residence permits to be extended for people displaced from Ukraine

    24/01/2023 Press release Ministry of Justice and Public Security

    The Norwegian Government is extending its temporary collective protection scheme for displaced people from Ukraine. Those who have already been granted a residence permit under the scheme will have it automatically extended for one year.

  • Transitionary rules for new Compensation for Victims of Violent Crime Act adopted

    02/12/2022 Press release Ministry of Justice and Public Security

    The Norwegian Government has decided that the new Act relating to compensation from the Norwegian State for victims of violent crime (Compensation for Victims of Violent Crime Act) will enter into force on 1 January 2023. Transitionary rules

  • Tighter restrictions on Russian fishing vessels enter into force

    13/10/2022 Press release Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Justice and Public Security, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries

    The tighter restrictions on Russian fishing vessels over 500 gross tonnage announced on 6 October will enter into force on Friday 14 October. From that date these vessels will only be permitted access to the ports of Tromsø, Kirkenes and Båtsfjord.

  • Norway tightens restrictions on Russian fishing vessels

    06/10/2022 Press release Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Justice and Public Security, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries

    The Government has decided that Russian fishing vessels will only be permitted access to three Norwegian ports, and that all Russian vessels arriving at these ports will be subject to inspection.

  • The Norwegian Government is increasing preparedness and controls along the Norwegian-Russian border

    30/09/2022 Press release Ministry of Justice and Public Security

    The mobilisation in Russia and the possibility that Russian citizens may not be allowed to leave the country increases the risk of illegal border crossing along the Norwegian-Russian border outside the border crossing-point in Storskog. A police

  • New Compensation for Violent Crime Act enters into force on 1 January 2023

    29/09/2022 Press release Ministry of Justice and Public Security

    Today, the Norwegian Government decided that the new Act relating to compensation from the Norwegian State for victims of violent crime (Compensation for Violent Crime Act) will enter into force on 1 January 2023.

  • Norwegian investigators to the International Criminal Court

    08/09/2022 Press release Ministry of Justice and Public Security

    Two investigators from the National Criminal Investigation Service (NCIS) will be seconded to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for a period of up to two years. The Norwegian Government is pleased that the Norwegian police can contribute to the

  • More European countries approve the use of expired Norwegian passports

    05/07/2022 Press release Ministry of Justice and Public Security

    Norwegian citizens who have not renewed their passports following the pandemic are able to travel to Germany, Iceland, Estonia, and Portugal using their expired passport as identification. This change takes effect today and will apply until 31

  • Greece approves use of expired Norwegian passports

    04/07/2022 Press release Ministry of Justice and Public Security

    Norwegian citizens who have not renewed their passports following the pandemic are able to travel to Greece using their expired passport as identification. This change takes effect today and will apply until the end of 2022.

  • Norwegian National ID-cards are now valid for entry to Turkey

    22/06/2022 Press release Ministry of Justice and Public Security

    The Turkish government has approved the use of Norwegian National ID-cards for entry to Turkey until the end of 2022. Norwegian citizens will therefore as of 22 June 2022 be able to travel to Turkey with the use of a National ID-card instead of a

  • First wounded soldiers from Ukraine arrive

    13/06/2022 News story Ministry of Health and Care Services, Ministry of Justice and Public Security

    The first wounded soldiers from Ukraine who are due to receive treatment in Norwegian hospitals have arrived in Norway.

  • Wounded soldiers from Ukraine to Norway

    01/06/2022 Press release Ministry of Justice and Public Security

    The Norwegian Government has decided to bring wounded soldiers from Ukraine to Norway for medical evacuation and treatment at Norwegian hospitals.

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