African population in Oslo growing

The African population in Norway has grown tremendously over the years.

The older generation have either got a number of children, some of them have resorted also to family re-union and managed to bring their relatives from Africa.

Those who have acquired residency permits, due to asylum and refugee status, have also managed to get families into Norway through the family re-union program.

The Norwegian government has now, through the immigration department, decided to make it difficult for foreigners, and especially Africans in Norway, to get their relatives to Norway through the re-union program by demanding they show proof they have enough income to support those who will be allowed into the country. The amount required has been raised and many Africans will not manage, due to little income, to make use of the re-union program.

So far, the number of Africans in Norway as per May 2006, according to the Norwegian Statistisk sentralbyrå is as follows;

Total number of Africans is 47 732.

We have decided to place them in 4 categories namely, the older generation, those born in Norway by African parents, those with one parent of African origin and those who are mixed.

1. Older generation with no Norwegian background totals 36 768
2. Children born in Norway and having both parents African are 10 764.
3. Total mixed children with one parent of African origin are  8987
4. Total children of mixed parents are 11 702.

For more details, go to the link below:

https://africanpress.wordpress.com/africans-in-norway-2/

By Korir, APN

africanpress@chello.no