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Sylvi Listhaug wants to collect Christian refugees, while the Liberal Party gives priority to homosexuals and transgender people.
The world has 80 million refugees and there is broad political agreement that Norway will receive 3,000 of them a year as so-called quota refugees.
The refugees thus have a probability of “winning” of 1 / 27,000, and now Sylvi Listhaug, deputy leader of the Progress Party, will distribute free tickets to a special group: – We want to give priority to persecuted Christians, he tells the newspaper Dagen.
It is not known exactly how the party will use the Christian creed in treating the UDI. Nor is it entirely clear what the party has against, for example, non-believers fleeing with their lives as efforts by totalitarian regimes.
Nor is it particularly Christian, for those who know the Bible. A relevant scripture is James 2: 9-10: «You love your neighbor as yourself! – then you do it right. But if you discriminate against people, you are committing sin and the law accuses you of transgressors.».
Therefore, the Bible is quite clear that it is a Christian duty to help all those in need, whether they are Christians or not. Therefore, the Christian Popular Party will also close the door in cash, which the Progress Party will open to religious discrimination against refugees.
– We want to show charity to all groups and we don’t want to prioritize individual groups, KrF’s immigration policy spokesperson Per Sverre Kvinlaug tells Dagen.
While Sylvi Listhaug wants to let Christian refugees in, Education Minister Guri Melby (V) is more concerned about sexual orientation. In July, the Ministry of Education and Research issued a press release saying that “lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBTQ +) persons will have priority as a group and as an individual when withdrawing transferred refugees.”
Read the press release here: The government will prioritize refugees who are lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender
Given that not as many as 3,000 resettlement refugees will likely be received this year due to COVID-19, the quota will increase in the coming years. And then there will be more lesbians and gays (Guri Melby) or more Christians (Sylvi Listhaug).
So it is not enough to be persecuted life or death for your opinions. Also, your religious beliefs and sexual orientation should be on the table. In many countries, of course, it will be relevant and an independent reason for the persecution, while in Saudi Arabia there is the death penalty for turning your back on Islam or having a heterosexual sex life outside of marriage.
Personally, I have nothing against gays, lesbians, or transgender people, and people are so precious to me whether they believe in God, Allah, or their own reason.
Fortunately, the United Nations Refugee Convention (to which Norway has committed) knows this too. It simply states that everyone has the right to seek protection in another country and that you are a refugee if you fear persecution on the basis of race, religion, nationality, membership of a social group or political opinions.
It was Secretary of State Grunde Kreken Almeland (V) who commented on the prioritization of queer refugees in this summer’s press release. He is gay himself and has publicly advocated for an unbeatable gay settlement. The fate of queer refugees is probably close to your heart.
Sylvi Listhaug walks with a cross around her neck and professes to be a Christian. For her, persecuted Christians are a group that must be given priority.
Probably both the Secretary of State of the Liberal Party and the deputy leader of the Progress Party have a special sympathy for refugees who are Christian and queer, while non-Christian heterosexuals rank lower on the list.
The serious thing is that this prioritization of some groups at the expense of others crosses another principle, namely that we follow the priorities of the UN and help those who need it most, alternatively to groups that have an additional prerequisite to be well integrated in Norway . .
Choosing special groups is certainly popular politically, whether it is a matter of liberal rights to live out their own sexuality (Venstre) or the right of way for Christians in Sylvi Listhaug’s national conservative interior.
But given that the Norwegian authorities will hardly control the refugees’ sexual orientation or private religious beliefs, it will be exciting to see the worthy selected. An inspiration may be the crucifixion scene in Life of Brian.
P.S! What do you mean? Should Norway give priority to queer refugees, Christian refugees, or select groups that can more easily integrate into Norway? Write a reader letter!
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