On Sunday 6th December an early morning action by the Norwegian police aliens section oversaw the forced deportation of 30 Iraqi nationals that had been residing in the country without permission, several of whom had criminal records. Read the full story

Denmark yesterday repatriated 12 failed asylum seekers to Iraq as the latest part of the controversial forceful repatriation agreement Denmark signed with the Iraqi government. Read the full story

Sweden has joined a dozen fellow European nations in agreeing to UNHCR quotas for the acceptance of Eritrean and Somali refugees from camps in Sudan and Kenya. The UNHCR is the refugee division of the United Nations and it has been working to get its quota proposal accepted on a global scale. Read the full story

The Danish immigration minister has made an about turn on her policy of accepting Iraqi refugees under the United Nations agreement. Just eight weeks ago Immigration Minister Birthe Ronn Hornbech announced that Denmark would be accepting a quota of refugees from the Arabic nation. Read the full story

A charter flight left Copenhagen bound for Baghdad last week containing 22 Iraqi asylum seekers who refused to leave the country voluntarily after their asylum applications were rejected. Read the full story

When the Copenhagen police forcibly evicted 19 Iraqi asylum seekers from a church in Norrebro, their tactics were anything but gentle. Such was the heavy-handed approach to rounding up the Iraqis from their shelter in Brorson’s Church that cries of outrage are ringing out from all quarters. Read the full story

It is shaping up to be a record-breaking year in Norway for asylum seekers. Conflicts around the globe are forcing people to flee their own countries in search of safety and a better quality of life, and Norway is one of the more popular destinations. Read the full story

Six years after the first Danish troops set foot in Iraq as part of the coalition force known as Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003, the last soldiers have finally returned home. Although the majority of Danish troops were pulled out in 2007, six dedicated officers remained with the international force until the end of December. Read the full story

The BBC has covered the story of the group of Palestinian refugees who recently moved from a camp in Iraq to Akranes, a short distance north of the Icelandic capital, Reykjavik.

The report features an interview with Foreign Minister Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir, stating that single mothers do well in Iceland and that she has high hopes for the refugees’ integration and Read the full story

A group of Palestinian refugees will land this evening at Iceland’s Keflavik Airport and be taken straight to the western town of Akranes. The group is made up of 29 women and children who had previously been living in the Al Waleed refugee camp in Iraq, Frettabladid reports.

The group’s arrival is in accordance with government policy on the reception of refugees, which states that Iceland should take 20 to 30 per year.

The refugees will move in to flats provided by the town of Akranes and the Akranes branch of the Icelandic Red Cross is reported to have furnished and decorated the flats and is also collecting clothes.

Three support families will be on hand to help each refugee family arriving in Akranes and one in Reykjavik. Their role will be to support the people in their new and strange environment.

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