New figures from UDI show that Norway has taken in 50 percent more Ukrainians in the last 13 weeks than Denmark, Sweden and Finland have taken in together. Denmark: 3265 Finland: 3226 Sweden: 2310 Norway: 13,217 The Progress Party links the speech to “excessive welfare benefits” which create an unfortunate and peculiarly Norwegian “pull effect”. – We cannot have higher benefits than our neighboring countries. Here it is clear that we have to tighten up a lot, says Erlend Wiborg, immigration policy spokesperson in the FRP. The Fafo report Different policies, different outcomes shows that the introduction benefit is almost nine times higher in Norway than in Sweden. It goes without saying that Ukrainians in Sweden receive other benefits that somewhat compensate for the difference. The conclusion is, however, that the benefits overall are 2–4 times higher in Norway than in Sweden. Compared to Denmark, the Norwegian benefit level is approximately twice as large. Denmark: 56 percent in work. Norway: 19 percent. After the summer, the number of refugees from Ukraine to Norway has doubled, and several municipalities report that they are struggling to provide housing, school and health care for everyone. In November, the National Board of the KS adopted a statement that it was “necessary to have an open and honest public conversation” about what they characterized as “major challenges”. Another problem is employment. In Denmark, 56 per cent of the Ukrainian refugees are employed. In Norway, the figure is 19 per cent. Sweden does not have comparable figures, but is closer to Denmark than Norway. In October, the government therefore announced that it would “sharpen” (i.e. tighten) the introduction program in order to stimulate more Ukrainians to enter working life more quickly. The measure came after a “quick-working group” was commissioned to come up with measures to increase labor market integration. – The workplace is the most important and best integration arena, says Labor and Inclusion Minister Tonje Brenna. Statistics Norway has announced that they will publish updated employment figures for Ukrainians in Norway later this week. – Ukrainians both want and must become a resource in society, and it is important to contribute to this, says Labor and Inclusion Minister Tonje Brenna. Photo: William Jobling / news Denmark will accept 550 refugees When asked what explains the large variations in refugee trauma to Scandinavia, Brenna tells news that there are “compound reasons”. Next year, the variations will be even greater. Norway plans to accept and settle 37,000 refugees in 2024. The Danes settle for 550. In Sweden, the plan is to settle 10,000 Ukrainians. At the same time, the Swedes assume that 8,000 will return to Ukraine, i.e. a net resettlement of 2,000 refugees. Preliminary surveys in Minerva show that 72 percent of Ukrainians do not envisage staying in the country they have fled to. So far, Norway has settled almost 65,000 Ukrainian refugees. Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre said last year that the government was preparing to handle “an extraordinary situation with up to 100,000 refugees”. UDI has previously prepared three different scenarios for the number of refugees from Ukraine. The highest say that there could be up to 120,000 refugees. news has previously talked about Norwegian municipalities that want to “save the population” by accepting refugees. KS director Helge Eide then said that the reasoning could be based on failing assumptions: – I think we have to wait a bit to establish that this could become an important part of the permanent increase in the population. In its alternative state budget for 2024, the Progress Party proposes to cut expenditure on immigration and integration by NOK 5.2 billion, including operating funds for the Directorate of Integration. In total, the Norwegian expenditure on immigration and integration is calculated at NOK 34.1 billion in 2024.
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Norway has twice as generous schemes as Sweden and Denmark – news Vestland
