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Norway is known\u00a0traditionally\u00a0 home for Ethiopian\u00a0asylum\u00a0seekers. \u00a0 \u00a0The recent position of the Norwegian office for asylum towards Ethiopian refugees is more \u00a0 xenophobic \u00a0than tolerance and solidarity. Many Ethiopian Asylum seeks are languishing in status no man’s land. They live in a daily fear of deportation to the land of the dictatorial regime of Melese Zenawi in Ethiopia.\u00a0 Over 50 Ethiopians forced themselves in a cold Nordic winter to camp inside an old -old cathedral to show to the world there in human situation in the country that once champion human rights. Today the growth the extreme right in the Norwegian political arena has changed \u00a0the \u00a0country’s \u00a0socio political atmosphere by increasing \u00a0 Islamophilia, intolerant and widespread xenophobia.<\/p>\n

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The\u00a0hopeless\u00a0Ethiopians in the country who came expecting to\u00a0receive\u00a0asylum\u00a0\u00a0are \u00a0today menaced to be deported \u00a0have \u00a0decided to camp \u00a0in this old\u00a0 cathedral undergoing renovation indoors so their living conditions are far from comfortable,with a lack of sanitation facilities and cold stone floors and pews for makeshift beds.<\/p>\n

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These\u00a0 inhumanly rejected \u00a0refugees refused \u00a0to eat or drink and started hunger strike in a bitter\u00a0 Scandinavian weather in 400 years \u00a0old \u00a0cathedral\u00a0 which seems undergone\u00a0several years of major renovations, but the work is not finished yet inside because of budget constraints.<\/p>\n

The Ethiopians found themselves between the hammer and the hard things due to the recent worming up of the Norwegian and Ethiopian regime relations after a big fall out which forced the host country to sever \u00a0diplomatic relation with the Ethiopian Dictator.\u00a0The refugees are freezing with no warm water supplies, no kitchen only one half working toilet.<\/p>\n

The Ethiopians seem determined in their cause. Around 400 of their supporters demonstrated on Monday to protest the handling of their asylum applications by Norwegian immigration officials. The rejected refugees claim they have not been evaluated individually.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe live in fear that we\u2019ll be sent back,\u201d Bizualem Beza, a spokesperson for the group, told \u201cWe believe our applications haven\u2019t been properly handled.\u201d<\/p>\n

Immigration authorities dispute that, with Hanne Jendal of immigration agency UDI claiming they have been thoroughly evaluated. \u201cThey have received individual and thorough treatment at all levels,\u201d Jendal told\u00a0\u201c<\/em>There\u2019s never been any collective evaluation of this group.\u201d<\/p>\n

Beza hopes the authorities will review their cases again. \u201cMany of us have lived here for many years,\u201d Beza said. \u201cWe have worked, started families and found homes. Suddenly all that may be taken away.\u201d Beza claims the refugees fear harassment or worse back in Ethiopia because of their own or their family members\u2019 political ties.<\/p>\n

They are in precarious situation including some pregnant women continuing their hunger strike.<\/p>\n

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Two were taken to an emergency clinic late last week suffering from lack of nutrition and exhaustion.\u00a0Church officials held Sunday services as usual and many of the Ethiopian refugees participated. On Monday, they agreed to leave the church in return for promises that they will be granted new meetings with Norwegian immigration authorities.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe authorities\u00a0wouldn’t\u00a0meet us until all the demonstrators were out of the church,\u201d Bizualem Beza, who initially functioned as a spokesman for the group, told Norwegian Broadcasting. A meeting now will be held at the office of Oslo Bishop Ole Kristian Kvarme, with representatives from the Justice Ministry and immigration agencies UDI and UNE.<\/p>\n

The authorities have determined that the Ethiopians didn\u2019t meet requirements for asylum and want them to return to Ethiopia. The refugees fear political reprisal back home and have refused to leave voluntarily. The Norwegians, meanwhile, have no agreements in place with Ethiopian authorities to arrange deportation, at least officially but there is an understanding.<\/p>\n

That has left the rejected refugees in a difficult situation in Norway, as undocumented and unable to work legally, although many have managed to live in the country for years and work illegally.<\/p>\n

Beza apologized for causing disruption for the church. \u201cBut we were so afraid and desperate,\u201d he said, joining fellow refugees in thanking church officials, aid organizations and the media for the attention they received for their cause.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0following\u00a0tube is the best example the growing \u00a0xenophobic\u00a0atmosphere\u00a0 in \u00a0Norway against the third world immigrants –<\/p>\n

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Let us here \u00a0Norway\u00a0from the\u00a0Norwegians\u00a0:-<\/p>\n

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Related<\/p>\n

\u2018No One Is Illegal\u2019 Campaign aims to protect Norway\u2019s \u2018paperless\u2019\u00a0refugees<\/a><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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