The Ministry of Labour and Inclusion is proposing an exit ban for children at risk of harmful foreign stays, to prevent honour-based violence and controlling behaviour. The committee majority (Labour, Conservative, Centre, Green, and Christian Democratic parties) recommends the bill with amendments to child welfare, criminal, passport, and ID card legislation. The Progress Party opposes an exception for single trips and has tabled several amendments calling for stricter penalties and consequences for parents.
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Passport Act § 4(3), new second sentence: Norwegian foreign service offices authorized to issue passports shall immediately notify the child welfare service when issuing a passport to a minor without parental consent where the issuance is based on risk to the child's life or health.
Passport Act § 5(1)(b) shall read: b. when an exit ban is imposed under the Disputes Act § 33-11, the Bankruptcy Act § 102, or the Child Welfare Act §§ 4-6 or 5-13
Passport Act § 5(5), new second sentence: For persons subject to an exit ban under the Child Welfare Act § 5-13(1), a passport with limited validity may be issued on request from the child welfare service when the service has authorized a single trip under the Child Welfare Act § 5-13(3).
Passport Act § 12(2)(c) shall read: c. factors to be weighed in assessing under § 4(3) whether a passport should be issued without consent from those with parental responsibility
Penal Code § 261(1), third sentence shall read: The same applies where a decision on care transfer, a residence ban, an exit ban, or institutional placement has been made under the Child Welfare Act §§ 5-1, 4-3, 5-13, 6-2 or 6-6, or where an application for such measures has been sent to the child welfare and health board under the Child Welfare Act § 14-9, or where an emergency measure has been implemented under the Child Welfare Act §§ 4-2, 4-4 and 4-5 or an emergency decision has been made under the Child Welfare Act § 4-6.
ID Card Act § 5(1)(b) shall read: b. when an exit ban is imposed under the Disputes Act § 33-11, the Bankruptcy Act § 102, or the Child Welfare Act §§ 4-6 or 5-13
Child Welfare Act § 1-2(4) shall read: For children present in Norway but ordinarily resident in another state, decisions may be made on support measures under chapter 3, emergency measures under chapter 4 with the exception of emergency exit bans under § 4-6, voluntary institutional care under § 6-1, and institutional placement under § 6-6 where there is risk of human trafficking.
Child Welfare Act § 4-6 Emergency decision on exit ban shall read: The head of the child welfare service, their substitute, or the prosecution authority may make an emergency decision on an exit ban if there is imminent danger that the child will immediately be sent or taken out of the country in circumstances described in § 5-13(1). If further measures are needed, the child welfare service shall promptly follow up the emergency decision with an application for an exit ban to the child welfare and health board. If no such application is filed within six weeks of the decision, the emergency ban expires.
Child Welfare Act chapter 5 heading shall read: Chapter 5. Care transfer, deprivation of parental responsibility, adoption and exit ban
Child Welfare Act § 5-6, second sentence shall read: It is also unlawful to take a child out of Norway without consent from the child welfare service when decisions under §§ 4-6, 5-1, 5-13, 6-2 and 6-3 have been made or when an application for such measures has been sent to the child welfare and health board.
Child Welfare Act § 5-13 Decision on exit ban shall read: The child welfare and health board may decide that a child cannot leave Norway (exit ban) if there is imminent danger that the child abroad will suffer abuse, serious danger to life or health, or other serious neglect. The decision shall not last longer than necessary to prevent the child from being exposed to the circumstances described in the first sentence, and cannot last longer than six months. The child welfare and health board may, before the decision period ends, extend it for up to six months if conditions are still met. The child welfare service may authorize single trips despite an exit ban decision if it is clear the trip poses no danger to the circumstances described in the first sentence.
Child Welfare Act § 13-4(1) shall read: The authorities responsible for implementing this Act may direct public authorities to provide confidential information when necessary to assess, prepare and handle cases concerning a. decisions on medical examination and treatment, see § 3-7 b. decisions on treatment of children with special needs, see § 3-8 c. emergency decisions on care transfer, see § 4-2 d. decisions on temporary residence bans, see § 4-3 e. emergency decisions on institutional placement, see § 4-4 f. emergency decisions on child placement when there is risk of human trafficking, see § 4-5 g. emergency decisions on exit bans, see § 4-6 h. decisions on care transfer, see § 5-1 i. revocation of care transfer decisions, see § 5-7 j. decisions on deprivation of parental responsibility, see § 5-8 k. decisions on revocation of deprivation of parental responsibility, see § 5-9 l. decisions on adoption, see § 5-10 m. decisions on exit bans, see § 5-13 n. decisions on institutional placement without consent, see § 6-2 o. decisions on institutional placement when there is risk of human trafficking, see § 6-6 p. decisions on access, see §§ 7-2 and 7-3.
Child Welfare Act § 13-5(6) shall read: The child welfare service shall as soon as possible notify the police of decisions under §§ 4-6 and 5-13(1) and when such decisions expire. If the child is a foreign national, the immigration authorities shall also be notified.
Child Welfare Act § 14-22(1), second sentence shall read: Emergency decisions on exit bans under § 4-6 shall be sent to the board immediately after being made.
Child Welfare Act § 14-23(1), first sentence shall read: Private parties may appeal emergency decisions under § 4-2(1) and (2), §§ 4-4, 4-5, 4-6 and decisions on temporary residence bans under § 4-3.
Child Welfare Act § 15-5(1), first sentence shall read: The municipality where the child is present is responsible for initiating board proceedings under §§ 3-7, 3-8, 5-1, 5-13, 6-2 and 6-6.
The Storting calls on the government to propose that a child's right to education be made one of the criteria that must be documented in the Child Welfare Act's provisions on exit bans.
The Storting calls on the government to propose legislative changes ensuring criminal liability with minimum sentences for individuals or organizations that facilitate sending children abroad and abandoning them against their will in conditions where they may be exposed to violence, torture, controlling behaviour, or radicalization.
The Storting calls on the government to propose legislative changes ensuring that parents who send children abroad against the child's will shall face prosecution and lose custody of their own children.
The Storting calls on the government to propose and implement changes ensuring consequences for temporary residence permits for parents who, through their own action or facilitation, are responsible for children being sent to or abandoned abroad against the child's will in conditions that may expose children and young people to violence, torture, controlling behaviour, or radicalization.
The Storting calls on the government to propose legislative changes ensuring that parents with permanent residence permits who send children abroad against the child's will have their credited time toward citizenship reset to zero.
The Storting calls on the government to investigate and propose which benefits should be withdrawn when parents, through their own action or facilitation, are responsible for children being sent to or abandoned abroad against the child's will in conditions that may expose children and young people to violence, torture, controlling behaviour, or radicalization.
The Storting calls on the government to propose legislative changes ensuring that parents of children on extended foreign stays or who do not return to school after holidays must be reported to child welfare services by schools.
The Storting calls on the government to propose legislative changes ensuring that schools failing to notify child welfare services when children are on extended foreign stays shall be subject to fines.
The Storting calls on the government to propose removing the proposed exception in the Child Welfare Act § 5-13(3) and Passport Act § 5(5), second sentence.