Too many East Europeans
on the dole
Per Olaf Lundteigen, MP from the government coalition party Agrarians (Senterpartiet), wants stricter Norwegian regulations for issuing welfare benefits to unemployed from Eastern Europe.
In Lundteigen's opinion it is unacceptable that workers from Eastern Europe should be able to obtain full Norwegian unemployment benefits after only six months in this country.
In just one year the number of Eastern Europeans who receive unemployment benefits is five times higher than earlier.
Most of them are from Poland, and the National Labour Office (NAV) fear that the growth has just started.
At the same time the general unemployment in Norway has just doubled, Aftenposten writes.
Nearly 100,000 foreign workers now hold valid work permits for Norway.
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