Lyshav in front of the Parliament: the eu must take flyktningansvar – ABC News

In Oslo marched between 3.000 and 4.000 people up Karl Johan and gathered to a lyshav in front of the Parliament. It was far more than the organizers in advance had dared to hope for.

– We object to all innstrammingene that has happened in the last year. Our claim is that Norway will take its share of responsibility for the people on the flight, ” says bishop emeritus Tor Berger Jørgensen, who has been a member of the organizing committee, to the NTB.

see also: UN asks Norway to stop the repatriation of refugees to Somalia

In all, 40 organizations, political parties, and ungdomspartier have lined up behind the check box “Thousand lights for the people on the flight”.

Aleppo

It happened at the same time with the crisis in Aleppo in Syria reached a new sad bunnpunkt Wednesday, which was marked with a minute’s silence in front of the Parliament.

– While the bombs are falling over Aleppo, and while the boats sinking in the Mediterranean sea, is the Norwegian government’s goal that the fewest possible of the survivors to come here. And of them that are come, to as many people as possible will be sent out again. There is a deep defeat for the English humanism if this is left as Norway’s contribution in this crisis, believes the organizers.

see also: Listhaug agree: – Send the refugees and migrants back to Africa

They show that the government will take from up to 1.600 somalis their refugee status and tvangsreturnere them for an increasingly complex country. In addition, they respond to the treatment of afghan asylum seekers.

Norway treats they so strictly that it recently reached the New York Times. This applies especially to the tvangsreturer of families with children, where Norway is in a class of its own in the european context, say organizers.

Required response

Innvandringsminister Listhaug (progress party) are at the same time requested a response from the opposition in Parliament about the government’s return of afghans are legally and about to the opinions of the situation in Afghanistan holds water.

on Wednesday also sent a Bispemøtet a letter to prime minister Erna Solberg (H) where the request that the government suspend all returns of refugees and asylum seekers to over christmas.