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Re:Norweigan oil fund
by kwhitefoot on Friday August 02, 2019 @02:14AM
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Not sure where you get the 130k from but yes Norway is strict about applying the rules on refugee status, economic migrants are sent back out unless they qualify for a residence permit (have a job so they can support themselves and their dependents). For those who are allowed in Norway provides free or cheap language classes, accommodation, and enough money to live on. However, unlike other countries, refugees who are granted asylum are not allowed to live just wherever they like, they are scattered around the country and effectively can only move when they can provide the money to do so on their own. So one doesn't get the same degree of concentration of foreign people as one gets, for example, in Sweden where until recently such a policy did not exist. My impression is that this has made Norway a less popular destination for those who are, or cannot prove that they are not, economic migrants.
> In 2017, Norway's immigrant population consisted of 883,751 people, making up 16.8% of the country's total population. This includes both foreign-born and Norwegian-born with two foreign-born parents, and four foreign-born grandparents. In this population, 724,987 are foreign-born immigrants, while 158,764 are Norwegian-born with foreign-born parents. The ten most common countries of origin of immigrants residing in Norway are Poland (97,196), Lithuania (37,638), Sweden (36,315), Somalia (28,696), Germany (24,601), Iraq (incl.Kurdistan region) (22,493), Syria (20,823), Philippines (20,537), Iran (incl. Kordestan province) (21,364) and Pakistan (19,973). The immigration population comprises people from a total of 221 countries and autonomous regions.