"Iron Erna" deporting criminal immigrants from Norway in record numbers
From Eric Dondero:
Let the record show, we here at LR were Pro-Erna long before being an Erna-ite was cool.
From TheLocal, "Record number of foreigners deported":
Conservative Party leader Erna Solberg – nicknamed “Iron Erna†– as Norway’s new prime minister is the leader of a centre-right coalition government that includes an an anti-immigration party.
A record number of foreign citizens are being deported from Norway, after the country’s police stepped up the use of deportation as a way of fighting crime. Some 5,198 foreign citizens were expelled from the country in 2013, an increase of 31 percent since 2012, when 3,958 people were deported. “It is the highest number we’ve had ever,†Frode Forfang, head of the Directorate of Immigration (UDI), told NRK. “We believe that one reason for the increase is that the police have become more conscious of using deportation as a tool to fight crime.â€
Nigerian citizens topped the list of those expelled for committing crimes, with 232 citizens expelled as a punishment in 2013, followed by Afghan citizens with 136 expelled as a punishment, and 76 Moroccans expelled as a punishment. Afghan citizens topped the list of those expelled for violating the Immigration Act, with 380 expelled for this reason, followed by Iraqi citizens, 234 were expelled for violating the act.
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