By Heidi Taksdal Skjeseth and Marie Melgård
ARENDAL (Dagsavisen): Immigration and Integration Minister Sylvi Listhaug (FRP) can not soothe the figures showing a sharp decline in the number of refugees to Europe and Norway.
Listhaug fear increased pressure on Europe, and therefore also in Norway in the years to come.
– This is related to developments in countries in the Middle East, Africa and in Afghanistan, says Listhaug Dagsavisen.
She also points to Libya and Egypt as disruptive, where a lot can happen.
– We are seeing a trend in Egypt where we are uncertain what happens. If there is such a civil war, it will have serious consequences for refugees to Europe, says a concerned Listhaug.
Yesterday invited Arendalsuka, together with UDI, Nav and KS, a debate entitled “Mass immigration challenges.”
It came under 2,000 refugees to Norway during the year’s first seven months, far from last year’s high figures.
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– Listhaug creates fear
SV leader Audun Lysbakken accusations Sylvi Listhaug to create unnecessary fear when she cries, concerned about possible new conflicts and refugee flows.
– Sylvi Listhaug is primarily concerned with creating fear, says Audun Lysbakken Dagsavisen.
Lysbakken believes Listhaug is most concerned with his own party, and that it is in the Progressive Party’s interest to give the impression that “here it goes wrong.”
– That’s why we do not see a government that says “we will do this,” even if it’s something we really need, says Lysbakken.
Both immigration and Nav sets contrast with “we will do” -ånden as SV-leader is calling for.
– We get it, is the message from Nav director Sigrunn Vågeng.
She believes the big challenge is primarily about getting refugees to work, which is “entirely possible, with the right effort, attitude and hard work.” She says Nav has been contacted by a number of employers who want to contribute to getting more refugees to work.
– It’s hard work for everyone, but it goes. We’ve done it before, says Vågeng, referring to the refugees who came to Norway after the war in the Balkans in the 1990s.
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– Sure it before
Today, these refugees about as high labor participation as Norwegians, says Vågeng.
Of the 37,000 refugees who arrived in Norway last year, going about 15,000 of them at work, says Vågeng Dagsavisen.
After the EU and Turkey signed a refugee deal this spring, which has received harsh criticism for taking few humanitarian considerations, has far fewer refugees come to Europe.
That’s right no longer talking about “mass immigration”, said Immigration Director Frode Forfang. He believes the word does not represent the current reality.
– It is not correct to speak about mass immigration as we see it in Norway today. It looks as if we have low arrivals this year, and we expect no repeat of last autumn, says Forfang.
The main reason why so few coming year, is the controversial return agreement between Turkey and the EU. It means that many are stuck in makeshift refugee camps in Syria’s neighboring countries. NRC Pål Nesse emphasizes that it is not only Europe’s borders closed to humans. Also embattled Syrian city Aleppo is closed to those who want to escape from the war.
When Norway puts so much emphasis on strict rules and closed borders, we lose our integrity, says Nesse.
– That we are keen to minimize the potential for refugees, weaken our integrity. How can we demand open borders in Aleppo, when we even say that here, no?
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Also Nesse says that it is not correct to speak of “mass immigration”.
– We do not mass immigration to Norway. We must raise our sights, he said.
Audun Lysbakken also believes the debate on refugees to Norway forget the most important: How difficult it has been to escape from war.
– We need to accept responsibility for it harder to escape from war, and what consequences this has for people caught in war, says Lysbakken.
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