title: Immigration measures, 1988.
abstract: In 1988, the Government of Norway undertook the following immigration measures: 1) it merged the Office of Immigration, which deals with asylum matters, and the Government Refugee Agency, which handles reception and settlement, into a new Directorate for Immigration under the Ministry of Local Government and Labour; 2) it instituted visa requirements for Chileans; and 3) it established a new reception program, under which five regional reception centers are to be created accommodating 200 to 300 people each, where asylum seekers will be placed until they have completed their police interview and a municipality has agreed to accept them.
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D002677:Chile; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D003906:Developing Countries; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005060:Europe; D007843:Latin America; D007878:Legislation as Topic; D009664:Norway; D009934:Organization and Administration; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012036:Refugees; D012537:Scandinavian and Nordic Countries; D013020:South America; D014171:Transients and Migrants
keywords: Americas; Chile; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Europe; International Migration--legal aspects; Latin America; Legislation; Migrants; Migration; Northern Europe; Norway; Organization And Administration; Population; Population Dynamics; Refugees--legal aspects; Scandinavia; South America