MPs Erlend Wiborg, Helge André Njåstad, Rune Midtun and Bjørn Larsen proposed tighter settlement policies, including settlement freezes in municipalities where non-Western immigrants make up more than 15 percent of the population. The Standing Committee on Municipal and General Administration recommends the Storting reject the proposal, but committee members put forward several alternative proposals focusing on better integration, preventing unwanted secondary settlement, and assessing the child's best interests when families relocate.
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The Storting calls on the government to impose settlement freezes for refugees in all municipalities where non-Western immigrants constitute more than 15 percent of the population, including at the district level in larger municipalities.
The Storting calls on the government to instruct the Integration and Diversity Directorate not to request settlement of refugees in municipalities with more than 15 percent non-Western immigrants, and to deny integration grants to such municipalities.
The Storting calls on the government to require that municipalities with poor integration outcomes and limited job market opportunities cannot receive refugees for settlement.
The Storting calls on the government to propose necessary legislative changes to ensure self-sufficiency requirements for secondary settlement, so refugees must remain in their initial settlement municipality until they are self-supporting.
The Storting calls on the government to return to the Storting with measures ensuring refugees remain longer in their initial settlement municipality.
The Storting calls on the government to propose that when families with children who have completed more than one year in Norwegian school or childcare undergo secondary settlement, the child's best interests must be assessed before the move entitles them to social benefits in the new municipality.
The Storting calls on the government to impose settlement freezes for refugees in areas where immigrants constitute more than 25 percent of the population.
The Storting calls on the government to instruct the Integration and Diversity Directorate not to request refugees be settled in municipalities with poor integration outcomes and limited job markets.
The Storting calls on the government to return to the Storting with measures ensuring scattered settlement of refugees continues after the completion of introduction programmes.
Document 8:48 S (2025–2026) – Private member's bill from MPs Erlend Wiborg, Helge André Njåstad, Rune Midtun and Bjørn Larsen on more restrictive settlement and secondary settlement policy for immigrants – is not adopted.