The war in Ukraine has led to a historically large refugee trauma. Over 30,000 asylum seekers have come to Norway this year – most of them from Ukraine. – Never before have so many refugees been settled. More people have been settled so far this year than in the last four years combined, said Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre (Ap) in a statement in the Storting earlier this autumn. He emphasized that the scenario for the time to come is uncertain. – We must now plan for a total of 40,000 refugees to arrive from Ukraine this year, and we estimate that another 30,000 may arrive in 2023. In addition, asylum seekers from other countries and transfer refugees will arrive, Støre said. 467 have applied for asylum this week UDI keeps statistics on asylum applicants. On Wednesday, 67 new asylum seekers from Ukraine to Norway were registered. A total of 467 new asylum seekers were registered in the last week. So far in 2022, there have thus been 33,145 applications from Ukrainian asylum seekers to Norway. Among them are 15,718 women, 6,830 men and 10,597 children. Meeting after Ocean Viking row On Friday, the EU has also called an extraordinary meeting of justice ministers in Brussels. The background is the dispute between France and Italy over who was responsible for looking after migrants who were picked up by the Norwegian-flagged rescue vessel Ocean Viking. Italy refused to dock the ship and it ended with the ship docking in France. Several of the migrants on board the ship are to be taken in to Norway. An increase in boat migrations across the Mediterranean has led to increased tension between EU countries. In 2022, more than 94,000 migrants will have come to Italy across the Mediterranean, compared to 67,000 in 2021, according to figures from the UN Migration Organization (IOM). Norway is present with a representative at the meeting. State Secretary Astrid Bergmål (Ap) in the Ministry of Justice and Emergency Preparedness is traveling to Brussels.
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