The Norwegian government changes social conditions for Ukrainians with temporary protection to reduce the “financial gap” and additionally do not attract new people.
This is reported by the Norwegian broadcasting corporation NRK.
What will change for Ukrainian refugees
Changes will affect housing conditions, payments to families with children and the possibility of traveling home to Ukraine.
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Government officials want to reverse the payment “retroactively” social assistance for a child for the first 12 months of stay in the country, which is paid after the temporary residence permit is extended at the end of the first year (and families can receive new monthly payments).
Transitional conditions for families who are already in Norway at the time of the changes are still being agreed upon.
Norway also plans to strengthen control over trips home to Ukraine for those who receive social benefits and have a residence permit — so that people who receive payments actually live in Norway most of the time.
Trips home will need to be justified, but if they contradict the conditions of the residence permit, this may lead to its loss.
Newly arrived refugees who need housing will have to apply exclusively to the National Reception Center in the municipality of Rode.
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Ukrainians will no longer be accommodated in hotels and recreation complexes.
They also want to introduce a certain “waiting period” before people have access to the full package of social support.
What caused the change in conditions for Ukrainian refugees
It is noted that the main reason for revising the old conditions was the great interest in Norway of Ukrainians who left for the EU because of the war, and more favorable conditions than in neighboring countries.
So, as of August, payments for Ukrainians in Norway were 2-4 times higher than those that can be counted on in Sweden, and approximately twice as much as in Denmark.
Over the past two months, 50% more Ukrainians came to Norway to apply for temporary protection than the total of Denmark, Sweden and Finland, so the country is experiencing an increasing load on the system.
