Norway is deporting Middle Eastern refugees, who entered Norway through Russia, stating that Russia is a safe country for asylum
Posted on | January 19, 2016 | No Comments
Refugees in Arctic Norway resist deportation plans
Dozens of asylum seekers in Norway’s Arctic region are resisting authorities’ plans to deport them to Russia. Norway recently adopted stricter asylum policies and has started returning some of about 5,000 refugees and migrants who entered the country through the Russian-Norwegian border last autumn. Some of those fearing deportation have left the asylum centre in Vadso, near the border, where they are being housed. Their whereabouts are not known. About 30 asylum seekers, mostly Syrians, also went on a brief hunger strike to protest against the plan to send 55 people to Russia by bus. Police have been rounding up refugees slated for deportation over the weekend after Russian authorities confirmed
Al Jazeera
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