Thursday, October 04, 2007

855 children have applied for asylum in Norway this year


By the end of August, 855 children had applied for asylum in Norway in 2007. Almost 500 of these children were boys.

44 girls and 147 boys, a total of 191 children, arrived in the country without a parent or adult custodian.

327 girls and 337 boys, a total of 664 children, arrived together with parents or adults custodians.


The total is 855 children.

At the same time 1018 children waited to get a response to their applications for asylum. 207 were cases for unaccompanied minors, while 811 children arrived with parents or adult custodians.



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