NRK, 3 July 2009
Both the Norwegian Red Cross, the Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies, bishop Laila Riksaasen Dahl, SV and KrF strongly critisise the situation for asylum seekers with a negative decision living at Lier and Fagerli ventemottak. Psychiatrist Sverre Varvin particularly warns against the health hasards for the people caught in this situation. Hear also the inhabitants' own stories.
Read NRK's coverage: – Uverdige forhold på ventemottak and Mener de har seg selv å takke. |
 3 July 2009
"By running from the gun fire in my country, I have reached a place where I am fired at with gun papers. The thing about living in Lier ventemottak, is that life is not so much about choice. In fact, the two choices we have left are: go mad or die."
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Dagbladet, 3 July 2009
In the Obama year 2009, the Government campaigns on cowardice vis-à-vis the Progress Party. Read Borderland's critisism of the latest package of restrictive measures from the Government.
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1 July 2009
The Government has launched its second package of restrictive measures, to a large extent directed at children.
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Fontene, 23 June 2009
 Lier and Fagerli ventemottak can be compared to prisons without time limits, states Kari Helene Partapuoli, director of the Norwegian Centre against Racism at Ut-flukt09's demonstration in front of the Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion.
Read further comments, also from Borderland and one of the inhabitants at Lier, here.
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VG, 22 June 2009
Borderland reacts to the Government's intention of funding or establishing institutions for unaccompanied minors in unstable countries of origin.
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Dagbladet, 20 June 2009
On World Refugee Day, one of the inhabitants of Lier ventemottak writes about life on the inside of one of Norway's most secluded facilities, where rejected asylum seekers spend years waiting for - nothing.
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