Article: Dilemma
Lier ventemottak3 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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Article: Feig rødgrønn valgkamp
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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New Restrictive Measure: More Restrictive Practice for Asylum Seekers from the West Bank and Gaza
3 July 2009

Stateless Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza will no longer be seen as having a general protection need. There will also be stricter requirements in regard to documentation of identity and attachment to these areas.

Read more about restrictive measures on our Restrictive Measures Watch page.
 
Second Package of Restrictive Measures
1 July 2009

The Government has launched its second package of restrictive measures, to a large extent directed at children.

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Article: – Legg ned ventemottakene
Fontene, 23 June 2009

Kari Helene Partapuoli, Ut-flukt09Lier 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.

 
Article: Norsk omsorg
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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Article: Livet på innsiden av Lier ventemottak
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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