Return of unaccompanied minor asylum seekers

The Ministry of Labor and Social Inclusion changes the practice for return of unaccompanied minor asylum seekers. The changes makes it possible to return unaccompanied minors to relatives or other care measures in the home country.

The changes means Norwegian authorities will assess relatives, such as grandparents, aunts, uncles, or legal age siblings, as care persons, even if they did not have caring responsibilities for the minor when the he or she left the home country.

Some unaccompanied minor asylum seekers have no other basis for a residence permit except for the fact that Norwegian authorities have not succeeded in finding their parents in the home country. From now on the Norwegian authorities will provide a further assessment of what can be a satisfactory and adequate care situation in the home country.