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Detections of unauthorised border crossings hit record low in 2012
This week, the EU Border Agency Frontex released a report showing a 50% decrease in the number of people detected entering the EU irregularly in 2012, compared with the previous year.
I feel ashamed going back without anything
Norwegian authorities talk about voluntary return in dignity, say rejected asylum seekers from Kurdistan, but returning to their home country is shameful - under any circumstances.
European countries take steps to enforce returns to Mogadishu against UNHCR advice
This month, the Norwegian authorities decided to lift the suspension on all forced returns to Mogadishu and southern Somalia. Such returns had been suspended since October 2010 due to the severity of the situation in the region.
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 - Aftenposten
Expelled foreigners less violent with television sets in their rooms - (Norwegian)
The use of force and security cells during the deportation process at Trandum Immigration Detention Centre dropped significantly last year. One of the reasons was that all deportees got their own individal rooms with television sets.
 - nytid
Testifying against the Immigration Appeals Board - (Norwegian)
Deported Rahim Rostami (21) tells about Iran imprisonment. - I was tortured, he says.

PACE calls for better monitoring of respect for human rights at Frontex operations - (English)
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) calls for the establishment of an effective system to monitor compliance with human rights obligations during Frontex’ operational activities in a resolution adopted in Brussels this week.
 - IRIN
Europe's forced returnees claim abuse - (English)
Cases of excessive force being used to remove rejected asylum seekers have been documented in a number of European countries.
 - Aftenposten
Lectures by Norwegian Directorate of Immigration (UDI) gave more expulsions - (Norwegian)
The number of expulsion orders rose sharply in 2012. The director of UDI Frode Forfang believes the increase is largely attributed to a series of lectures the Directorate did in different police districts in 2011 and 2012.
 - Aftenposten
Immigration Appeals Board frustrated over delayed returns - (Norwegian)
A number of unfounded asylum seekers who should have been sent out of the country continue to stay during the appeal's process because of the way the law is written.
 - Oslo

Teenager imprisoned after being deported to Iran

Kurdish Rahim Rostami (age 19), known from a documentary on Norwegian television, was imprisoned in the Evin prison, Tehran after he was deported from Norway to Iran in early February.
Rahim Rostami (19). Photo: Frode Olsen

Rahim Rostami whose asylum application had been rejected by the Norwegian authorities was arrested by the police on February 8th and deported to Tehran, accompanied by two Norwegian policemen, the next day.

After being handed over to the Iranian authorities he has been taken to interrogation and later to the notorious Evin prison where he has been held in solitary confinement.