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Norway
Population:
NFP: Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Involvement:
Since 2006
The main migration policy instruments in Norway:
Non-exhaustive list of key policy documents in the area of migration:
National policies and legislation:
- The Immigration Act
- For other legislation consult Norway’s database of national law.
- Consult recent publications of the European Migration Network.
Ratified international treaties:
- 1953/1967: ratification of the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol.
- 2003: ratification of the 2000 Protocols on Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants.
The main ministries in charge of migration affairs in Norway:
- Ministry of Justice and Public Security: Together with its subordinate authorities it is the main body dealing with migration affairs, including immigration (entry, residence); asylum; border management.
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs: consular and visa affairs; foreign policy aspects of migration and development; development cooperation with countries of origin and transit of migration.
- Ministry of Education and Research: integration policy.
- Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs: labour migration and mobility.
Sources:
- European Migration Network (2017): EMN Country Fact Sheet. Norway 2017. https://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/sites/homeaffairs/files/29a_norway_country_factsheet_2017_en.pdf
- Norwegian National Contact Point of the European Migration Network (2012): The Organisation of Migration and Asylum Policies in Norway. https://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/sites/homeaffairs/files/what-we-do/networks/european_migration_network/reports/docs/emn-studies/migration-policies/no_20120412_organisationasylummigrationpolicies_final_en.pdf
- Norway’s report to the OECD on immigration and integration (2017-2018) : https://www.regjeringen.no/en/dokumenter/immigration-and-integration-20172018/id2624233/
- United Nations DESA-Population Division and UNICEF (2014): Migration Profiles - Common Set of Indicators. https://esa.un.org/MigGMGProfiles/Indicators/indicators.HTM
Last update: December 2018
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