Only 20 percent of Norwegians think immigration works very or quite well for the country, while 47 percent of people believe that the immigration system is failing, according to the 2020 Integration Barometer, a survey commissioned by the Norwegian Integration and Diversity Directorate (IMDI).

The survey also found up to 79 percent of Norwegians argued that the challenges of immigration are caused by the immigrants themselves as they make inadequate efforts to integrate into society.

The survey further revealed that many Norwegians are skeptical towards those who practice Islam, with 52 percent of the population considering Islamic values incompatible with the values of Norwegian society.

Another 56 percent of Norwegians expressed skepticism about having a Muslim son-in-law or daughter-in-law, while 45 percent stated that they are skeptical about Muslims in general. A total of 70 percent of Norwegians than said they are skeptical about people with “strong Muslim faith.”

Norwegians also expressed skepticism of those who have a “strong Christian faith” (54 percent), indicating that many Norwegians feature a certain degree of skepticism towards those with strong religious convictions. 

“I think some of it comes from Norway being a highly secularized society. It is envisaged that strong religiosity can go beyond the basic values ​​of society, such as equality and co-determination,” says Jan-Paul Brekke from the Department of Social Research, who was responsible for the study.

The Integration Barometer study further suggested that more than 80 percent of Norwegians are skeptical about those who wear a niqab, which provides full-face coverage, no matter if it is used in public spaces, in the workplace, in a school by a teacher or a police officer. The opinion on wearing a hijab, which leaves the face uncovered, was more accommodating though, with two out of three Norwegians expressing a neutral or positive attitude in this matter.

The study also covered general opinions on immigration, revealing a larger share of those (40 percent) who believe that immigration is fairly good for the country than those who think the opposite (27 percent). However, at the same time, more Norwegians (43 percent) think that Norway should accept fewer immigrants versus 28 percent who believe the country should accept more immigrants.

Overall, Norwegians are much more accommodating to refugees than to, for example, economic migrants.

Other factors play a role in the perception of the immigration issue, as women, young people, and people with higher education are in general more positive about immigration than men, middle-aged, and Norwegians with less education.

Currently, the share of immigrants in Norway is about 18 percent, but the number is much higher (more than 30 percent) among the younger generation of migrants.

During the 1970s, the country was extremely homogenous and featured 98 percent ethnic Norwegians, a share that has fallen dramatically due to decades of mass immigration.

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Azad G. had made headlines several times: One year after his departure for Syria in 2013, he returned to his hometown Vienna to receive multiple outpatient treatment for a gunshot wound. During this leave from the front he collected 14 times 885.47 euros in minimum security. Then he went back to Syria.

After the case became known, the municipal department 35 wanted to deprive him of his Austrian citizenship. However, the Administrative Court of Vienna has now overturned the decision on April 20, as Beatrix Hornschall, the Vice President of the Administrative Court of Vienna, confirmed to “Wien heute”. For the revocation of Austrian citizenship would only be possible if dual citizenship is present.

The municipal department 35 had assumed that Azad G. was an Austrian-Turkish dual citizen. “We have our knowledge from the naturalisation files of that time”, was the statement of the municipal department 35 in February regarding the ongoing denial proceedings against several alleged IS fighters.

In the case of Azad G., “it was only during the appeal proceedings before the Vienna Administrative Court that the Embassy of the Republic of Turkey announced by way of legal assistance that the complainant was not a Turkish citizen. There is no evidence of any other citizenship. Since the complainant is thus only in possession of Austrian citizenship, this cannot be withdrawn from him according to the clear wording of Article 33(2) of the Citizenship Act, as this would render him stateless,” said Hornschall.According to the Foreign Ministry, the current “whereabouts of Azad G. are unknown”. He is said to have been captured by Kurdish soldiers. Last year a video came up saying, “I hope you realize I’m remorseful.”If he enters the country, Azad G. is facing arrest. The public prosecutor’s office has issued numerous arrest warrants against suspected IS fighters, according to the Ministry of the Interior. The Ministry of Justice only states that “the case has long been known to the Austrian prosecution authorities. Unfortunately, no further information can be provided at this stage of the procedure.

So far, the municipal department 35 has legally revoked the citizenship of four alleged IS fighters, the authority informed upon request. The men are now no longer allowed to enter Austria. Two proceedings are still pending before the Administrative Court. “The complainants were each instructed to remedy substantive deficiencies in the complaints,” said Hornschall. And furthermore, “the municipal department 35 is currently examining in ten further cases whether the conditions for a withdrawal of citizenship are met”, a spokesperson said.According to the 2018 report on the protection of the constitution, which was presented last year, the “number of jihad returnees from Austria has changed only marginally compared to 2017 – and there were fewer returnees than expected,” it said. According to the report on the protection of the constitution, 107 foreign terror fighters were still in the war zone at the end of 2018. The 2019 report on the protection of the constitution is not yet available.

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Thanks to extensive state social benefits, the young African in this video does not have to collect bottles himself. But that does not stop him from treating a native needy person like trash. The needy man has probably slaved all his life in order to supplement his meagre pension by collecting returnable bottles now.

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Following a sharp decline in the coronavirus patients in April, the number of migrants arriving in the European Union is once again on the rise. In May, authorities recorded almost 4,300 illegal border crossings on Europe’s main migration routes, about three times as many as in April, according to the latest data published by Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, on Sunday.

From January to May, Frontex registered 31,600 illegal border crossings, six percent less than in the same period last year.

The busiest migration route to Europe remains the route through Turkey and Greece. In May, Frontex registered 1,250 illegal border crossings in this area, eight times more than in April.

Authorities are also observing more activity from migrants as well. For example, the Greek Coast Guard had to rescue 36 migrants near the Greek island of Lesbos on Sunday. One of the migrants had to be hospitalized while the others were transported to a migrant center in the north of the island, where they were tested for the coronavirus and then taken to a 7-day quarantine.

Since the beginning of June, this was the third migrant boat to arrive at the island of Lesbos, the Greek ANA agency reported. A total of 108 migrants arrived on the island this month.

The latest group included Afghans and Iranians — 16 men, ten women, and ten children. At first, neither the Turkish nor the Greek coastguards wanted to approach the vessel, but when the boat found itself in Greek waters, the Greeks intervened.

The Greek authorities are currently trying to solve the situation in the overcrowded Moria camp on Lesbos. As a result, the government has resumed transfers of asylum seekers to the port of Piraeus in recent days. However, accommodation facilities for migrants are missing, and many of them sleep on the pavement in the center of Athens.

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During the BLM riots in Brussels, the municipal police failed to act in a timely manner against violence and destruction wrought by protesters. According to one disgruntled police officer, this was because t hey had been ordered by their superiors to stand down.

Belgian daily La Libre reported that an officer had complained about the danger they had faced. “We were hit with rocks, but the order from the mayor to charge didn’t come”.

The attack against the police, the looting of businesses, and the destruction of public property at the end of the Black Lives Matter protest in Brussels on June 7, has caused indignation, anger, but also incomprehension.

Why did the police did not intervene earlier? “It’s simple, we didn’t receive the order. We had to wait 1 hour and 30 minutes!” a police officer of the Brussels-Ixelles district, who wished to remain anonymous, complained

“Before the demonstration, we had received the order to not implement controls. Then, when we were hit with rocks and we confirmed the material destruction, such as traffic lights and traffic signs, we could not act. However, there the means to intervene was already in place. In normal times, we would have charged, but the order did not come… We remained in a defensive position: one leg in front and the baton in hand,” the source said.

“Then they sent us to play hide-and-seek: That is, we received the order to proceed to a street, except the mayhem was happening a few blocks further away. The goal: To avoid confronting the demonstrators. I really don’t understand what was going on in the heads of our decision-makers at that moment, because we could have easily arrested the rioters.”

And who are the decision-makers? “The mayor of Brussels,” exclaimed the police officer. “It is he who gave the instructions on Sunday, it’s he who supervised the operation from the crisis center with the area chief. Today, he says he reacted in time. But on the ground we had to wait 1 hour and 30 minutes after the first incidents before we could finally intervene. We felt abandoned. We were obliged to let it go when we were hit with every object that was in the hands of the ‘people destroying things’. Today, several colleagues are injured due to the paving stones they were hit with.”

The source indicated that it was expected that the protest would end in mayhem. Nevertheless, there were enough police on the ground to prevent just that. “It’s just that the manner in which we were utilized is incomprehensible. Morally, it is hard to go through.”

Finally, this police officer deplored the fact that the residents and merchants of the quarter were themselves also neglected. “Imagine: They call the police and more than an hour later, the police are still not there. They don’t understand this absence of reaction, this abandonment.”

The police union SLFP has filed a notice of strike for the Brussels Capital-Ixelles police district, which was deployed to cover the protest that involved about 10 000 people. “We stated that the risk analysis for Sunday did not hold water. The tolerance thresholds concerning violence against the police were sufficiently determined,” said Vincent Houssin, president of the union.

“Some 28 cops were injured. We turn here to the administrative authorities, who hold an important obligation and should assume responsibility for the application of the law,” he added. According to the union, the protest should never have been held.

Contacted by the daily, Philippe Close, the mayor of Brussels, asserted that this absence of order is “false”. “I formally refute this. After the incidents at Porte de Naur, we gave instructions to charge directly. I am ready to confront the point of view of anyone. We are not under a dictatorship; I can understand the critics. But I strongly dislike this process of testifying anonymously.”

The socialist mayor added that he had accompanied the corps commander. “How could you imagine that I would prefer that windows be broken and police injured? That’s ridiculous; it is defamation.”

Ilse Van de Keer, spokesperson for the police zone, said that the corps commander gave the order to intervene and charge from the “first incidents” but officers on the ground said it was not true.

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