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Parliamentary proposalRepresentantforslag om å la ukrainere reise hjemPassed

Committee rejects proposal to lift travel ban for Ukrainians

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Summary

Four MPs—Jonas Andersen Sayed, Jørgen H. Kristiansen, Hans Edvard Askjer, and Harry Valderhaug—proposed that the government lift a ban preventing Ukrainians from traveling home. The Standing Committee on Municipal and General Administration recommended rejecting the proposal, but members from the Socialist Left Party and Green Party instead proposed that the government establish clear rules for permitted travel home by Ukrainians.

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Proposed decisions · 3

These are the proposals in the document, not decisions. See the votes for the outcome.

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The Storting calls on the government to lift the travel ban for Ukrainians.

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The Storting calls on the government to establish clear rules for permitted travel home by Ukrainians and ensure that lifting the travel ban does not create uncertainty about Ukrainian refugees' residence status.

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Document 8:136 S (2025–2026) – Private member's bill from MPs Jonas Andersen Sayed, Jørgen H. Kristiansen, Hans Edvard Askjer, and Harry Valderhaug on allowing Ukrainians to travel home – is not adopted.

Bill details
Status
Passed
Type
Parliamentary proposal
Reference
Dokument 8:136 S (2025-2026), Innst. 233 S (2025-2026)
Committee
Kommunal- og forvaltningskomiteen
Updated
30 April 2026
Vote result
In favour78
Against21
Absent70
Vote date19 May 2026