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Norway received 500,000 immigrants in 10 years |
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 Immigration to Norway is record high. Since the year 2000, 510,748 persons have received permanent residence permit for this country. - This is the largest migration we have encountered, researcher says.
- We must go back to the emmigration from Norway to North America in the 1880s, to find anything similar, says researcher Lars Østby of Statistics Norway (SSB) to the newspaper Vårt Land. The immigration figures do not include Swedes or Danes, as they do not need to apply for a work permit in Norway. The main reason for the new migration is EU's expansion to the East. Poles top the statistics, NRK reports. (NRK) Rolleiv Solholm |
