Bashe Musse, leader of the Somali network in Norway, says that some Somali families become scared after being in contact with child care services. Several of them choose to flee the country, and sometimes the children are sent out of Norway without their parents.
Although there is no comprehensive data available, it is estimated that in certain neighborhoods in Oslo with many immigrants, at least six children disappear each year.
"It is not acceptable that children are being sent out of the country, and we think it's important to deal with this issue," says Vilde Reichelt, who works for a branch of the Church's mission that aims to improve the relationship between minority parents and child services.
Although it is not illegal to send children out of Norway after receiving a child service protection report, the legal system leaves a lot less room for interpretation if the parents send out a child after child services have already decided that the child should be moved out of the home.
(NRK)
Julie Ryland
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