First mosque opens in Canada’s Yukon territory
Yukon’s first mosque opened Friday, and leaders say it marks an important milestone for Canada. Muhammad Javed, president of the
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Finnish PM concerned by far-right party’s results in Swedish elections
Finnish Prime Minister and Centre Party chair Juha Sipilä said he was surprised the issue of migration overshadowed foreign and
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Recruiter in Finland charged with discrimination against Finnish-Russian dual citizen
An employee at a recruiting company has been charged with discrimination after turning down a job applicant because of her
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Immigration curbs population decline in Norway’s northernmost county
Norwegians, especially the youngsters, move south. Foreign citizens though, have more than doubled the last ten years. Vadsø, Honningsvåg and
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Russian border guards detain more migrants seeking Arctic route
Pressure on the northern Schengen-border intensifies as several groups of migrants are detained in Russian Arctic borderlands. Two citizens of
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Foreign residents acquiring Finnish citizenship in record numbers
A record number of non-Finnish applicants were granted passports in 2017, according to Statistics Finland. A total of 12,219 foreign
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Norwegian-funded school in Northwest Russia inspires cooperation
About 70% of the Russian students leave Murmansk for Norway after a year at the gymnasium class. This weekend, the
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Educating immigrants about Sweden by teaching them the art of hunting
A new course this fall will help non-Swedish speakers get their hunting license. Mattias Wahle will be teaching the hunter
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Sweden’s security service now screens all who apply for residency
Since this summer, the intelligence and security service Säpo is reviewing the details of everyone who applies for a residency
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Dozens of asylum seekers march from Lapland into Sweden border town
Some 55 asylum seekers who took part in a protest against Finland’s asylum policies at the northern border crossing town
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With Trump ending DACA program, uncertainty looms for Alaska’s few ‘dreamers’
Compared to other states, Alaska has a tiny number of beneficiaries of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy. But
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Cities are population winners in northern Sweden
If it weren’t for Umeå, Skellefteå, Luleå and Boden – population in northern Sweden would decline. There are now more
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Doors closed on Arctic migrant route
Russia’s FSB Border Guard Service no longer lets migrants cross the border to Finnish Lapland. Since Monday, not a single asylum
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Sweden cannot receive 140,000 refugees this year: migration minister
Sweden would not be able to take in 140,000 asylum-seekers this year, the country’s minister in charge of migration and
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Finland wants Nordic cooperation in returning rejected asylum seekers
Finland’s Interior Minister Petteri Orpo is calling for Nordic cooperation in sending rejected asylum seekers back to their home countries.
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