Norway

The main migration policy instruments in Norway:

Non-exhaustive list of key policy documents in the area of migration:

National policies and legislation:

• The Immigration Act
• For other legislation consult Norway’s database of national law.
• Consult recent publications of the European Migration Network.

Ratified international treaties:

• 1953/1967: ratification of the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol.
• 2003: ratification of the 2000 Protocols on Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants.

The main ministries in charge of migration affairs in Norway:

• Ministry of Justice and Public Security: Together with its subordinate authorities it is the main body dealing with migration affairs, including immigration (entry, residence); asylum; border management.
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs: consular and visa affairs; foreign policy aspects of migration and development; development cooperation with countries of origin and transit of migration.
• Ministry of Education and Research: integration policy.
• Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs: labour migration and mobility.

Sources:

• European Migration Network (2017): EMN Country Fact Sheet. Norway 2017. https://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/sites/homeaffairs/files/29a_norway_country_factsheet_2017_en.pdf
• Norwegian National Contact Point of the European Migration Network (2012): The Organisation of Migration and Asylum Policies in Norway. https://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/sites/homeaffairs/files/what-we-do/networks/european_migration_network/reports/docs/emn-studies/migration-policies/no_20120412_organisationasylummigrationpolicies_final_en.pdf
• Norway’s report to the OECD on immigration and integration (2017-2018) : https://www.regjeringen.no/en/dokumenter/immigration-and-integration-20172018/id2624233/
• United Nations DESA-Population Division and UNICEF (2014): Migration Profiles - Common Set of Indicators. https://esa.un.org/MigGMGProfiles/Indicators/indicators.HTM

Last update: December 2018