Soon ready to pick up the children from the Moria camp – VG

So far, seven countries have relocated refugees from the infamous camp, and Norway has previously demanded that “eight to ten countries must take the lead” in the workforce. Based on what VG knows from various government sources, he will argue that eight countries will relocate.

– Now, fortunately, there are several countries that have recovered from the camp, and it seems that there are only a few countries left and hopefully only a little before the conditions set by the government are met, and Norway is ready to take back to the children of Moria. camp, confirms Ropstad.

– Previously, Norway lobbied to relocate and was left alone. Now several countries are together on this, and that means that more people can leave the camp, continues the KrF leader.

There was a struggle within the government to reach a compromise that Norway should withdraw from the Moria camp if other countries took the initiative. Conservatives were skeptical, while liberals and especially KrF lobbied. Ropstad went high and presented it as a victory. But so far nothing has happened.

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Easier without Frp

Countries that have removed so far have removed between 8 and 49 refugees, and Ropstad believes Norway should contribute a number that is “proportionate”.

– In the five years since the refugee crisis, the refugee situation has only gotten worse. The Corona pandemic has added to a difficult situation with many borders closed. We believe that it is important to keep the government’s promise of one percent of the state budget for development aid and collect 3,000 quota refugees through the UN.

– Has it become easier to make a breakthrough in government for KrF’s heart problems after Frp left?

– There are many questions that have become easier in the government, but then the situation in the Storting is more demanding. Fortunately, we rule on the basis of the Granavolden declaration, in which Frp is involved.

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Ministry of Justice: – No position has been taken

In May, the government decided that Norway would relocate children and families with children from Moria camp, and 100 municipalities have made political decisions to receive the refugees. But so far no one has come, and this week several municipalities, including Bergen and Trondheim, came out to the Class Struggle and expressed surprise that it took so long.

The Ministry of Justice will carry out the withdrawal. The Secretary of State for the Ministry of Justice, Hilde Barstad, tells VG that they cannot specify exactly when or how the process will take place.

– No decision has yet been made on how the relocation-related process will be carried out. According to our information, 11 countries have said that they are willing to relocate asylum seekers from Greece. To date, two countries have completed the withdrawal of asylum seekers (Luxembourg and Belgium) and another 5 countries have begun relocation (France, Germany, Finland, Portugal and Ireland).

– More relocations are planned, but we are not familiar with the details of these processes, he continues.

Takes a lot of time

Our country has a panorama that shows that of the seven countries, Luxembourg has had 12 unaccompanied minors, Germany 47, Finland 25, Portugal 25, Ireland 8, Belgium 18 and France 49. In addition, Switzerland has had 23 children and the United Kingdom 16, but these are part of joint EU efforts, the newspaper writes. SOS Children’s Villages has sent VG a similar overview.

– The wait is over. Norway must keep its promises and can no longer close its eyes and ears to its own decisions, says Sissel Aarak, Acting Secretary General of SOS Children’s Villages.

Save the Children came out this week on VG with a report showing that in the five years that have passed since the refugee crisis peaked in the fall of 2015, conditions for children on the run have worsened. The organization calls for progress from the government.

The government hesitates to help relocate children from horrible refugee camps in Greece. Something they have said they will do, but not until 8-10 other countries do the same. Seven European countries have already relocated children from the camps, eleven EU countries, as well as Switzerland and Serbia have pledged to do so, but for Norway it is not enough despite the unsustainable situation of children, says the secretary general of Save the Children, Birgitte Lange to VG.

He thinks Ropstad has stayed

SV Andersen’s parliamentary representative Karin Andersen believes the government has waited too long to relieve Greece by picking up the children from the Moria camp.

– KrF leader and Minister for Children, Kjell Ingolf Ropstad, said in May that he was happy to have had a breakthrough. But three months later, nothing has happened, Andersen told VG this week.

– One perspective is that the children in the Moria camp are suffering, the other is that Greece is asking for help. Norway hides behind the fact that other countries have not done their part in relocation by relocating from Greece, but it is inexcusable and cowardly that we are not doing anything. The people of the Greek islands are exhausted and angry, says Andersen.

Frp: – OMG, tyranny

FRP’s immigration policy spokesman Jon Helgheim says he hopes the government will turn around and not “take these totally irresponsible plans seriously.” He would prefer to help the refugees in the surrounding areas and is against relocating from the Moria camp.

– Earlier this was a heartfelt symbolic policy that in practice takes the help of someone we know needs and provides it to young asylum seekers with a questionable and unresolved need for protection. Now we are also in a deep crisis, where most things are on hold and the Norwegians cannot take care of their rights, Helgheim tells VG.

– This will only aggravate the problems and attract more people to a dangerous journey. This is the tyranny of goodness at its worst. Everyone loses in this game, continue.