Norway to start returning refugees

December 30, 2015 02:32

Norway said today it would start turning back refugees arriving without visas from elsewhere in the passport-free Schengen zone, particularly Sweden.

The move is part of a draft law containing a series of immigration measures that the Oslo government says will make its asylum policy 'one of Europe's toughest'.

The conservative minority last month gathered enough parliamentary support from the centre and labour parties to adopt the measures.

Norway does not belong to the European Union but it is, like Sweden, a member of the Schengen area which has no passport or immigration controls.

According to Schengen rules, asylum-seekers must apply for a visa in the country they first arrive in, mostly Italy and Greece. But many instead move on to the country they want to eventually settle in, often in Europe's richer north.

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