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Net Migration To Iceland At All-Time High
In the second quarter of 2022, 3,600 people migrated to Iceland, marking the highest level of net migration recorded since Statistics Iceland began publishing migration data by quarters in 2009. [su_pullquote]We are having a summer sale on all our Icelandic soaps, scrubs,…
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Icelandic Population Grows With Help Of Immigrants
Iceland started 2018 with a population of just 356,991 persons, but by the end of the year this number was 2.5% higher. In addition, this growth is greatly influenced by a positive migration balance, according to Iceland’s Statistics on Population Development of…
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Did We Just Detain A Man For Carrying HIV? —Debates On Monday #24
“Man under arrest, suspected of infecting women with HIV” ran Vísir’s first headline on this story, early Thursday. “Suspected of infecting women with HIV” headlined RÚV a little later. “A foreign male is suspected …” their item began. Vísir’s second headline, published…
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Immigration Appeals Board Finally In Place
On Monday, January 26, the Minister of the Interior appointed members to the Immigration Appeals Board (Kærunefnd útlendingamála), established by law in May 2014. The board was supposed to start its operations on January 1. The board’s Chair and its staff have,…
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Man Awaiting Asylum Decision Wounded Himself
A refugee from Syria, who recently arrived in Iceland, wounded himself with a knife on Tuesday. When police arrived at the bloody scene, they called for special forces backup, and subsequently made several arrests. According to DV, the arrests were made due…
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Týr Rescues 360 Migrants In Drifting Cargo Vessel Ezadeen
Ezadeen is the name of the vessel found drifting in the Mediterranean, last Thursday and towed to land by the Icelandic Coast Guard’s offshore patrol vessel Týr. The ship carried 360 migrants, mainly from Syria. They had been locked in the ship’s…