TRANSIT CAMP: Omer Memettursun is staying in Kasper transit camp in Østfold in Norway. He hopes for a positive response to his asylum application. Photo: Herman Frantzen
Herman Frantzen
Carries a hope for freedom under the Norwegian moon
Omer is one of almost 100 Uighurs who came to Norway in September to seek protection. This is his story.
From around September 5 to 25 people with Chinese passports were the largest group of asylum seekers in Norway, according to statistics from the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration (UDI).
The UDI has confirmed to Dagen that the refugees are Uighurs, a Turkish, Muslim people whose homeland is in Xinjiang province in western China.
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