Claim: Norway has deported 1,600 Somalis because the situation in their home country has improved.
Fact-check: Review of Somalian refugee status did not lead to 1,600 people being deported from Norway - Full Fact
Verdict: the norwegian government did review around 1,400 cases involving people from somalia who had been granted refugee status in norway, to assess if conditions in their home country had changed to such an extent that they no longer needed international protection. but a government spokesperson said "very few" of these cases actually saw their refugee status revoked.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Hannah Smith
Date published: 2023-07-31T00:00:00