Monthly statistics January 2018: Forced returns from Norway The National Police Immigration Service (NPIS) forcibly returned 429 persons in January 2018, and 137 of these were convicted offenders. The NPIS is responsible for forcibly returning those who are not entitled to stay in Norway. The Norwegian Directorate of Immigration (NDI) is responsible for assisted returns, previously called voluntary returns. Assisted returns are not included in these statistics. Compared with 2017: Forced returns As at 31.01.2017 443 As at 31.01.2018 429 Change in percent -3 % Delays in the registration process may mean that the real figure is higher. Convicted offenders In January, the police returned 137 convicted offenders, approx. 32% of all returnees that month. The most common nationalities among convicted returnees in January were Poles (15 %), Romanians (14%) and Lithuanians (12 %). Return of convicted offenders over the last four years Underage persons 23 minors were returned in January. They were all returned with family members. 1
As a rule, Norwegian authorities do not attempt to verify the age of unaccompanied minors when they are to be returned to an European country under the Dublin Regulation. All returned unaccompanied minors must be met by either family members or s who will care for them, e.g. representatives of relevant institutions or the child welfare services in the country in question. Returned minors so far in 2018. Forced returns on chartered flights One returnee flight was chartered in January. The various returnee categories The NPIS returns persons who have no legal right to stay in Norway, i.e. not only persons who have had their application for asylum and any appeals rejected. 1) anyone who has applied for protection (asylum) in Norway and who have had their application processed and rejected in Norway and who have exhausted all avenues of appeal. This category also includes persons subject to an expulsion order. 2) Dublin anyone returned under the Dublin Regulation. It also includes persons subject to an expulsion order. The Dublin Regulation applies in the EU, Norway and Iceland, and governs where an application for asylum will be processed. The purpose of the Regulation is to prevent asylum seekers from applying in multiple countries, but also to ensure that one of the countries assumes responsibility for the asylum seeker. The statistics include both returns under the Dublin Regulation and returns to "safe third countries". The latter are cases where the asylum applicant already has a residence permit (refugee status or form of permit) in a country that is considered safe. 3) Refused entry persons who have been refused entry into Norway as they are not permitted to stay here. This may be for various reasons, but persons who are refused entry are not banned from Norway. 4) Expelled anyone expelled from Norway who have not applied for protection (asylum) or who is not subject to the Dublin Regulation. Most of those who fall 2
into this category have been expelled due to a criminal conviction and are banned from Norway for a specific period of time. Violating the re-entry ban is a punishable offence. 5) Other persons not covered by any of the categories. Returnees in 2018 by nationality Afghanistan 9 1 8 18 Albania 2 22 24 Algeria 1 3 4 Angola 1 1 Armenia 1 2 3 Azerbaijan 2 1 3 Bangladesh 2 2 Bosnia- Herzegovina 7 3 10 Brazil: 1 1 Bulgaria 3 3 Chile 2 2 Colombia 5 5 Egypt 5 2 7 Ivory Coast 1 1 Eritrea 5 4 9 Estonia 1 1 Ethiopia 4 3 3 10 The Philippines 7 7 Gambia 1 4 5 Georgia 2 4 6 Ghana 4 4 Guinea 1 2 3 Guinea-Bissau 1 1 Greece 1 1 Honduras 2 2 Belarus 1 1 India 1 2 3 Indonesia 1 1 Iraq 20 2 9 31 Iran 2 1 1 4 Iceland 1 1 Israel 1 1 Kazakhstan 1 1 Kenya 2 2 China 3 3 3
Returnees in 2018 by nationality Kyrgyzstan 1 1 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1 1 Kosovo 1 5 6 Lebanon 1 1 Lithuania 18 18 Macedonia 6 6 The Maldives 1 1 Morocco 3 1 7 11 Moldova 2 2 Mongolia 1 1 Montenegro 1 1 The Netherlands 2 2 Nepal 1 1 Nigeria 2 9 11 Pakistan 2 2 Peru 1 1 Poland 24 24 Romania 22 22 Russia 2 1 29 32 Rwanda 1 1 Saudi Arabia 1 1 Senegal 2 1 3 Serbia 4 4 Sierra Leone 1 1 Somalia 4 1 7 12 Spain 1 1 Sri Lanka 1 1 Stateless 2 5 7 Sweden 4 4 Syria 3 7 10 Thailand 11 11 The Czech Republic 2 2 Tunisia 2 2 Turkey 2 2 Germany 6 6 Unknown 1 1 Ukraine 6 15 21 USA 3 3 6 Uzbekistan 1 1 2 Vietnam 6 6 4
Returnees in 2018 by nationality 86 30 313 429 Returnees by destination in 2018 Afghanistan 9 1 10 Albania 2 20 22 Algeria 1 1 2 Angola 1 1 Armenia 1 2 3 Azerbaijan 1 1 Belgium 1 1 Bosnia- Herzegovina 7 2 9 Brazil 1 1 Bulgaria 4 4 Chile 2 2 Colombia 5 5 Egypt 5 1 6 Estonia 1 2 3 Ethiopia 4 2 6 The Philippines 7 7 Finland 2 2 France 4 4 8 Gambia 1 1 Georgia 2 3 5 Ghana 1 1 Guinea 1 1 Guinea-Bissau 1 1 Greece 5 5 Honduras 2 2 Belarus 1 1 Indonesia 1 1 Iraq 15 1 16 Iran 2 2 Iceland 1 1 Israel 1 1 Italy 7 24 31 Kosovo 1 5 6 Latvia 1 1 5
Returnees by destination in 2018 Lebanon 4 4 Lithuania 1 18 19 Macedonia 6 6 The Maldives 1 1 Morocco 3 2 5 Moldova 2 2 Mongolia 1 1 Montenegro 1 1 The Netherlands 1 2 3 Nigeria 2 2 Pakistan 1 1 Peru 1 1 Poland 1 29 30 Portugal 1 1 Qatar 1 1 Romania 22 22 Russia 2 31 33 Serbia 3 3 Sierra Leone 1 1 Slovakia 1 1 Slovenia 1 1 Somalia 4 3 7 Spain 12 12 Sri Lanka 1 1 UK 3 3 Sweden 7 33 40 Thailand 1 1 The Czech Republic 3 3 Turkey 2 2 Germany 5 4 11 20 Ukraine 3 12 15 Hungary 1 1 USA 3 7 10 Uzbekistan 1 1 2 Vietnam 4 4 86 30 313 429 By destination we mean the country the person is returned to, not necessarily the person's home country (or country of nationality). 6