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03-29-05, 04:22 PM
http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article1004153.ece
Around 40 self-declared war criminals who sought asylum in Norway remain at liberty. Local police haven't even questioned many of them.
The asylum seekers have themselves told immigration authorities that they're guilty of such war crimes as assassinations, torture and rape.
"These are serious crimes," police inspector Terje Kristiansen told newspaper VG on Tuesday. He blames a lack of funding and staffing for the failure by local police to follow up on the would-be refugees' admissions.
"When an alleged crime from 10 years ago is competing against a fresh murder in Oslo for attention, we have to set some priorities," Kristiansen said.
Information gathered during interviews with asylum seekers arriving in Norway is automatically sent to the immigration authorities. Local police, however, must try to verify the information, including admissions of alleged war crimes. That can be a time-consuming and difficult process, Kristiansen said.
He said there have been few if any formal probes launched during the past year. He said he thinks many would-be refugees admit to crimes from their war-torn homelands in the hope of being able to stay in Norway.
Anyone care to guess which country the UN says it's best to live in?
Around 40 self-declared war criminals who sought asylum in Norway remain at liberty. Local police haven't even questioned many of them.
The asylum seekers have themselves told immigration authorities that they're guilty of such war crimes as assassinations, torture and rape.
"These are serious crimes," police inspector Terje Kristiansen told newspaper VG on Tuesday. He blames a lack of funding and staffing for the failure by local police to follow up on the would-be refugees' admissions.
"When an alleged crime from 10 years ago is competing against a fresh murder in Oslo for attention, we have to set some priorities," Kristiansen said.
Information gathered during interviews with asylum seekers arriving in Norway is automatically sent to the immigration authorities. Local police, however, must try to verify the information, including admissions of alleged war crimes. That can be a time-consuming and difficult process, Kristiansen said.
He said there have been few if any formal probes launched during the past year. He said he thinks many would-be refugees admit to crimes from their war-torn homelands in the hope of being able to stay in Norway.
Anyone care to guess which country the UN says it's best to live in?