‘Norwegian of the year’ to be deported
17th January 2011
A young Russian woman acclaimed as ‘Norwegian of the Year’ who wrote a book about life as an illegal immigrant in Norway, is being thrown out of the country.
Pretty cold.
Jens Stoltenberg, the Norwegian prime minister, has acknowledged that many people feel strongly about the girl’s case but said no exceptions can be made.
“We must handle individuals equally and not give them special treatment just because somebody receives a lot of attention,” he told Norwegian media. “If we bend the rules for one person, we will then get thousands of refugees lodging baseless applications for asylum. Nobody wants that.”
Boy, sounds like a tea-partier to me. Let’s get the Obamassiah on the case.