Comments on: Is Life In Norway as Happy as It’s Cracked Up To Be?

By: Sony

Sony — Mon, 11 Apr 2022 09:21:18 +0000

There’s one thing I as a skilled worker who wants to permanently stay in Norway wholeheartwdly disagree: I would WANT to have compulsory classes for learning Norwegian. Instead, refugees are getting free classes while I have to pay for them. The profit Norway would get from skilled workers who want to stay and get well integrated would be far bigger benefit for everyone in the system, including refugees in the end. Also “Forcibly” in case of refugees doesn’t guarantee at all learning it, many of them have very poor education and have a hard time making progress. There’s refugees/minorities who stay in Norway for years and don’t learn it.

In other words: educated people of ANY culture have far bigger chance of success than uneducated.

By: Glenn Martin

Glenn Martin — Sat, 26 Jun 2021 13:08:47 +0000

In reply to Roger Hawkins. ... not to mention an Australian tut-tutting Norway for its treatment of its indigenous population.

By: Aurelia

Aurelia — Sat, 21 Jul 2018 00:16:32 +0000

In reply to Patti Alfred Giffin. The Sami /are/ citizens of Norway... just like the Native Americans in the USA, and the Aboriginal tribes in Australia.... All true natives of their country. and all excluded from many of the benefits of its European citizens.

By: Patti Alfred Giffin

Patti Alfred Giffin — Tue, 17 Jul 2018 18:50:11 +0000

deceiving title for this article …..this is about immigrants and their experience — citizens saying yes it is terrific to live here

By: Terry Starr

Terry Starr — Tue, 17 Jul 2018 10:21:39 +0000

I do not believe this is a comparison between Norway and Australia, but rather an objective attempt to describe the reality in Norway. In my experience, it is not uncommon to feel excluded in Norway, if you are not what is now being called “Ethnic Norwegian”. “Perfect” and the idea of perfectionism is an illusion. Norway has its challenges just like anywhere else. It is, nevertheless, a very good place to live in.

By: emj

emj — Tue, 17 Jul 2018 08:33:41 +0000

In reply to Roger Hawkins. I dont think that his criticism of norwegian immigration policy means Australia is perfect . It’s just that Norway is always promoted as the prefect place and this is true in many ways but there are still issues in Norway also. He is measuring the reality in Norway against the common petrception of Norway, rather than against other countries.

By: Roger Hawkins

Roger Hawkins — Wed, 11 Jul 2018 06:51:57 +0000

I think it’s a bit rich an Australian giving the Norwegians a hard time for their immigration policy when you look at Australia’s record in recent years. Surely the Norwegian (and British) policy of pumping money into refugee camps close to the actual site of the Syrian conflict helps many more people than admitting a few desperate migrants into Europe to add to the unemployment lines.