[lit-ideas] Lit-Ideas Re: Europe's Civil War

Hi,

Regarding Europe's Civil War, I found this interesting: 

Marlena in Missouri

http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article763973.ece
Wednesday March 31 2004

New crackdown on forced marriages and female circumcision

All would-be immigrants seeking residence in Norway will soon have to sign a 
declaration confirming that they understand that forced marriages and female 
circumcision are forbidden under Norwegian law. Officials hope the move will 
enhance human rights, especially for women.
 
Cabinet Minister Erna Solberg is making a new effort to crack down on forced 
marriage and female circumcision in Norway. 

PHOTO: SIGNE DONS 
 
Cabinet Minister Erna Solberg, who has responsibility for immigration issues, 
said the new written declarations will be demanded of all men and women seeking 
residence permission or asylum in Norway, beginning this autumn.

Genital mutilation and forced marriages are illegal in Norway, yet they 
continue to occur within immigrant communities. 

Solberg told newspaper Aftenposten that Norwegian authorities must make a new 
effort to make all immigrants aware that it’s illegal to force women into 
arranged marriages or subject them to female circumcision.

She said information on the subjects and acknowledgement declaration forms are 
being translated into a variety of foreign languages, so that no prospective 
immigrants can later plead ignorance.

Norwegian immigration officials will also be given the authority to question 
would-be immigrant families whether any underage females already have been 
subjected to circumcision.

A database will also be set up, registering everyone who has received such 
information and signed declarations confirming that they understand it.

"This will primarily be directed at ethnic groups that have a tradition of 
this," Solberg said.

Norwegian embassies in countries where forced marriages and female circumcision 
occur will also be required to distribute information about Norwegian laws 
against the practice, when local citizens apply for visas to Norway.

Aftenposten English Web Desk
Nina Berglund 


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