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AGREE: Parliamentary leader Jonas Gahr Støre and Ape’s immigration policy spokesman Masud Garakhani say a united parliamentary group now agrees with the proposal they will present to the Storting. Photo: Krister Sørbø, VG
The Labor Party wants Norway to now accept a total of 3,500 subsidized refugees and at the same time enter into dialogue with the UN on how this can include the most vulnerable of the camps in Greece.
A united parliamentary group in the Labor Party agrees that Norway should increase its quota of refugees from 3,000 to 3,500 people. In addition, the PA will propose that Norway enter into dialogue with the UN to assess who has the greatest protection needs and whether those in the camps in Greece are among them.
Spokesman Jonas Gahr Støre and immigration policy spokesman Masud Gharakhani said Tuesday night.
– There is no doubt that Norway must defend Greece. Together with the UN, we will consider who are the most vulnerable to prioritize bringing to Norway and how this can include the most vulnerable with the protection needs of Greece, says Gharakhani.
The debate over whether Norway should help evacuate children in Greece’s Moria camp has divided the party.
– There is a general parliamentary group that supports this proposal. When that counts, we come together, Støre says, and he says the party’s central board also supports the proposal that Ap will advance to Storting on the first occasion.
– We hope you receive broad support. So the government must follow up, says Gharakhani.
This is the core of the proposal that Ap now agrees with:
* Increase the number of quota refugees from 3,000 to 3,500
* Participate in a dialogue with the UN on how we can help the most vulnerable and bring them to Norway, including how this can include the most vulnerable in Greece and the Moria camp.
* Norway will quickly start a dialogue with the UN to implement a contingent withdrawal plan by 2020.
* The government must soon present and implement a concrete plan for Norway’s contribution to building the rights and dignity of refugees in Greece.
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– The vulnerability of people must be evaluated.
– The situation is precarious in many refugee camps and the crown crisis is exacerbating it. Norway is already high, but can accept 500 more quota refugees. Municipalities also count on this, says Støre.
A popular call, the Red Cross, 19 former prime ministers and various parties are among those who believe Norway should remove vulnerable children in the busy Moria camp on the Greek island of Lesbos. SV proposes that Norway remove 1500 children from the camps.
– So you don’t want to “evacuate the children”, but ask the UN to consider whether they are quota refugees?
– The crucial thing here is that human vulnerability must be assessed. The UN can. There are camps around the world. We cannot sit in Norway and choose between different camps. Greece is a European country that we have a responsibility to support, and the situation is precarious in many of the camps, Støre says, and continues:
– By relying on the United Nations definitions of vulnerability and on who is entitled to protection, we also have a way to contribute. It is not a goal to get people from camps who do not have the right to stay in Norway. We need to have an established principle that they have a real need for protection, says the party leader.
Støre believes this is also a way to combat the “cynical and economic forces that propel people into life-threatening escape routes”:
– It is not the poorest people in resources who embark on these missions. The way to stay in Europe cannot be to enter a crowded camp.
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Garakhani says that due to fewer asylum arrivals in Norway, there is room to increase the number of quota refugees, and that we must find practical solutions to re-collect refugees, a job that has been halted due to the crown crisis.
– We see that the government has stopped accepting refugee quotas. We believe that it is important to welcome them and that we must find practical solutions to do so with the UN. What we are proposing now will mean that Norway is at the forefront of its responsibilities at a time when many countries may want to reduce their number of subsidized refugees, Garakhani says.
Ap also believes that there should be a more concrete plan on how Norway will solve the situation in Greece:
– I recognize the government for supporting Greece in the years that have passed, including the use of EEA funds, but better routines and mechanisms are needed to deal with that situation, says Støre.
