Norwegian Directorate of Immigration (UDI)
says the measure is less expensive than keeping refugees in immigration centers
in the country.
Launched on Monday,
the scheme will run for six weeks, state broadcaster NRK reported UDI saying. The
money will be paid to the first 500 asylum seekers to apply on a first-come,
first-served basis.
“We need to entice
more [people] to voluntarily travel back by giving them a bit more money on
their way out. This will save us a lot of money because it is expensive to have
people in the asylum centers,” Sylvi Listhaug, integration minister, said.
The 10,000 kroner would be in addition
to the 20,000 kroner already given to asylum seekers and migrants in an
irregular situation who wish to return voluntarily from Norway to their country
of origin.
https://refugeeresettlementwatch.wordpress.com/2016/04/26/norway-paying-migrants-to-leave-we-should-be-doing-the-same-thing/
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