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Hans-Henrik Hartmann, then head of the legal unit at the Norwegian government's immigration department, said, "If an asylum seeker is refused residence in Norway he can settle in Svalbard so long as he can get there and is able to pay for himself." [5] Svalbard has a high cost of living, but only a limited welfare system. Welfare and health ...
Visa requirements for Norwegian citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Norway. As of January 2025, Norwegian citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 191 countries and territories, ranking the Norwegian passport 4th, tied with passports from Denmark , Ireland ...
Immigration to Norway has increased over the last decades, beginning in the early 1990s. In 1992, the immigrant population in Norway was 183,000 individuals, representing 4.3% of the total population, and net migration that year was 9,105 people. In 2012, net migration peaked, as 48,714 people came to the country.
The National Police Immigration Service [1] (NPIS) (Norwegian: Politiets utlendingsenhet) is the unit in the Norwegian Police Service for handling immigration cases.. The NPIS's main tasks are to register asylum seekers who come to Norway and to establish their identity, forcibly return people without lawful residence and to run the police immigration detention centre.
Travel requirements for stateless persons are public health and administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of states placed on stateless persons. As of April 2024, stateless persons had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 1 territory, ranking last in terms of travel freedom (tied with the citizens of no state).
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The overall level of immigration to Australia has grown substantially during the last decade. Net overseas migration increased from 30,000 in 1993 [123] to 118,000 in 2003–04. [124] The largest components of immigration are the skilled migration and family re-union programs.