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Field Manager Of Þróttur Football Club Deported
Isaac Kwateng, the field manager of Þróttur football club, was deported from Iceland on October 16th under police escort, reports RÚV. Isaac came to Iceland in 2017 and applied for international protection, but it was recently announced that he would be deported…
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Call For More Municipalities To Welcome Refugees
According to the director of the welfare department in Reykjanesbær, the number of refugees in the municipality has rapidly increased, surpassing the infrastructure’s capacity to accommodate the growing population. Reykjanesbær receives a higher number of applicants for protection compared to most other…
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All Services For Foreigners Might Soon Be Available Through One Organisation
The Minister of Social Affairs and the Directorate of Labour plan to submit a bill to merge the Directorate of Labour and the Multicultural Information Centre so that all services for immigrants, refugees and applicants for international protection will be provided by…
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Icelandic Tenants Association “Demands Answers” From Electoral Candidates
The Tenants’ Association in Iceland says that the local elections in 2022 will most likely revolve around an emergency situation in the housing and rental market RÚV reports. According to a recent survey conducted by the Housing and Civil Engineering Institute, only…
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Increased Funding Needed To Teach Foreigners Icelandic
Steinunn Ósk Kolbeinsdóttir, project manager for Icelandic language teaching at Fræðslunet Suðurlands, says that she is surprised by the government’s reluctance to provide extra funds for the teaching of Icelandic to foreigners, Vísir reports. Steinunn Ósk says that the time of Covid,…
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Foreigners On Expired Visas Will Not Be Deported From Iceland
Foreigners who have expired visas and residence permits in Iceland will not be deported until the travel restrictions become less stringent, RÚV reports. A government spokesperson added that until travel between other countries returns to normal, no one will be kicked out…
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Keeping It Real: Icelandic Director Ísold Uggadóttir Talks “And Breathe Normally”
Not many Icelandic movies manage to step away from the idyllic scenery of nature and burst into the international scene with great success. Coming-of-age movies and romantically shot films that are set in the breathtaking heart of the Icelandic countryside do well,…
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Part 4: Meet The Foreigners Learning Icelandic
Do you want to learn Icelandic? Well, today is the Day of the Icelandic Tongue, where we honour this unique and colourful language. The number of speakers is growing every year, thanks in no small part to the people who move to…
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Integrating In Iceland: Tackling The Icelandic Language
For newcomers, integrating into Iceland can be difficult. You don’t know your way around the country or are unfamiliar with social norms and customs. But what makes living here the most nerve-wracking is unable to speak or understand Icelandic. With tourism increasing,…
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Most Icelanders With Positive Outlook Towards Immigrants
If you have newly moved to Iceland or are considering doing so, it may please you to learn that a significant majority of Icelanders will be ready to welcome you. According to a new poll conducted by the Social Science department of…
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Foreign Domestic Violence Survivors Need Greater Support
Survivors of foreign origin of domestic violence face numerous obstacles to getting the help they need, new research has discovered. Vísir reports that these survivors can have difficulties finding an interpreter to be able to tell their story, and much of the…
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Police Will Increase Surveillance Of Foreigners After All
Despite assurances to the contrary, police will be checking the backgrounds of select foreigners in response to the Brussels attacks. As reported, the National Commissioner of the Police, in conjunction with the Chief of the Suðurnes Police, have decided to increase police…
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Most Akureyri Residents View Foreigners Positively
The majority of people living in Akureyri believe immigrants and refugees improve their town, the results of a new poll show. The research was conducted by Professor Markus Meckl at the University of Akureyri. According to the findings of the poll, about…
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Immigrant Labour Crucial To Economic Sustainability
Thousands of immigrants will be needed to enter the Icelandic job market every year for the economy to sustain itself, industry experts predict. “We need foreign workers, untrained and specialists alike,” Guðrún Hafsteinsdóttir, Director of the Federation of Icelandic Industries (SI), told…
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Icelanders View Foreign Workers Positively
Icelanders are more tolerant towards foreign workers than many other nations, according to the results of a new Gallup poll. Gallup recently polled a sample of the Icelandic populace for their opinions on foreign workers. RÚV reports that about 60% of respondents…
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Authorities Have Seized Valuables From Foreigners Multiple Times
The police have seized money and plane tickets from foreigners over two dozen times in just the past nine years, amounting to over 2.5 million ISK going into government coffers. Vísir reports that, from 2005 to 2014, the National Police have seized…
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Icelandic Police Can Seize Foreigners’ Valuables
A law Denmark is considering that has been criticised around the world is already on the books in Iceland: police can seize a foreigner’s valuables in order to pay for their detention and deportation. Denmark has recently been making international headlines (1,…
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[ˈkwarˌerˈeɪjaˌfjatl̥aˌjœːkʏɬ] Or, Why Is Icelandic Considered Difficult To Learn?
For most English-speaking tourists, the Icelandic language might be another in a long list of quaint novelties experienced from behind the padding of a tour group decked out in matching rain slickers: a bunch of tongue-air and whisper-sounds in the distance as…
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Foreigners Still Needed For Tourism Jobs
Jobs in the tourist industry, especially in the countryside, are in dire need of workers, and foreigners may be more likely hires than Icelanders, mostly on account of mobility. As summertime is now upon us, tourism will be ramping up into high…
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Enforcing The Status Quo
Recently, we covered the story of an opinion piece written by Birgir Örn Guðjónsson – better known to the internet as Biggi the Cop. He’s been a pretty popular figure on social media for his perpetual grin, friendly demeanor and overall charm.…
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Police Officer Wants Limits On Immigrants’ Right To Privacy
Police officer Birgir Örn Guðjónsson, colloquially known as Biggi the cop, wrote an article, published in Fréttablaðið/Vísir on Thursday, under a title which may be loosely translated as “The Forbidden Article”. Birgir shares an anecdote about a man “of foreign origin” who,…
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All Highly Unlikely
The freedom fighter Last things first: Styrmir Gunnarsson, former editor of Morgunblaðið, has published his memoirs from the Cold War. As reported, these disclose, among other things, that during most of the 1960s, Styrmir provided the Independence Party’s Chair and Minister of…
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Being The Other
I won’t soon forget the day I was finally awarded Icelandic citizenship. Having moved to Iceland eight years previous, I fulfilled all the necessary requirements for a non-Schengen immigrant – I had been living continuously in Iceland for at least the past…