Norway Will Return Back to Russia Refugees Who Exploited Legal Bicycle Gap

MINISTER ENTER USE ALLOW BORDER CARRY ANNOUNCE TRANSIT NATION 2015 TIME PROVIDE FORMER AIRPORT

   Sylvi Listhaug, Norway’s immigration ___, has told refugees that ___ a legal gap to ___ the country on bikes ___ an Arctic Circle crossing ___ have to return to ___. Around 5,500 asylum seekers ___ bikes to travel through ___ Storskog crossing last year ___, although Russia does not ___ people to cross the ___ on foot and Norway ___ not let in motorists ___ people without documents, people ___ bicycles are allowed in ___ both sides.

   Listhaug also ___ that immigrants without a ___ visa would be sent ___ to Russia. The two ___ have been sending refugees ___ and forth since November ___ when the new route ___ identified by authorities. Once ___ reach Norway, refugees spend ___ at a centre that ___ shelter for around 600 ___ in barracks on a ___ military camp bordering the ___ of Kirkenes. New arrivals ___ given fleece jumpers, waterproof jackets and other clothes appropriate for the Arctic climate, with most of them sleeping in bunk beds. On Thursday, Norwegian police confirmed that the refugees would not be forced to return across the border on two wheels, and could instead be taken by bus.

   The number of people taking the Arctic route is tiny compared with the estimated 750,000 who arrived via the Mediterranean in 2015, a perilous journey that has led to the loss of at least 3,400 lives.

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