Deals on Mobile Phones: Police would not give up ANUNDSEN rekordmål

Monday, February 9, 2015

Police would not give up ANUNDSEN rekordmål – Bergens Tidende

Tuesday19August,2014:

IntheMinistryofJusticepremisesinNydalenishecticmeetingactivity.Insixdaysitbudgetconference,andtheMinisterhasreceivedanunpleasantsurpriseinhislap.

PoliceImmigrationhasannouncedthattheystillfailtoreachthejusticeminister’srecordhighambitionsinreturnfield.Itisparticularlygroupofasylumwhichcreatesproblems.

Heldprotestagainstforcedreturnssecret

Afghanistanissoupsetoverarecordnumbertvangsreturenethattheythreatentoclosetheborder.

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Inoneyearhasthetargetofpeoplewhowillbesentoutincreasedfrom1200to1900-buttheworlddoesnotcooperatewiththeMinisterofProgress.

WarinIraq,humanitariancrisisinGaza,EbolainAfricaandknotthethreadwithIranmakesitdifficulttogetdeportedenough.

Thetime15whentheMinisterbeginshismeeting.Aroundthetablesitseveralofthenation’smostcentralpolicetops.PoliceDirectorOddReidarHumlegårdisoneofthem.DocumentsBThasgainedaccesstoshowthatAnundsengiveshissubjectsaclearmessage:

Thetargetsmustisreached.

PoliceImmigrationService(PU)getsfourdaystocomeupwithaplan.Theyareaskedtoputawayallthework”thatdonotdirectlysupportcurrentupduringthereturnofpersonswithoutlegalresidence.Thismeansthattraining,travel,seminars,developmentandthelikethatarenotstrictlynecessary”mustbeweighed”againstthereturnwork-especiallyinthecategoryAsylum-haspriority.”ThedeadlinesetforthisSaturdayat18:00.

“PoliceDirectoratewillcontinuetoworkwiththeactionplanfortheweekend,”readsanoteBThasgainedaccessto.

StakedonAfghanistan

OnSaturday23AugustsentthefinishedPUactionofPOD.FRPministerorderswerecaughtup:

“Wetakefeedbackwegotthebasisofjusticeandpreparednessministerwiththeutmostseriousness,andisnowworkingactivelytoimplementandidentifymeasures…”,itsays.

AsBThasdiscussedinrecentdays,wentnumberreturnsofAfghansescalatedintheweeksandmonthsthatfollowed.Inthisgroupthereweremanyfamilieswithchildren,mostofthemlongremain.

ThedocumentsBThasundergoneshowthatPUreceivednoguidancetoshowrestrainttowardsthisgroup,althoughAnundseninParliamentinOctoberassuredthatgovernmenthad”softenedfocus’towardsthelongremainingchildren.

“Itappearsthatthefirsttranslationcontainedsomeerrors.”

JusticeDepartmentsaystheyhaverelatedtotheincorrecttranslationoftheAfghanasylumReturnprotest.

SogreatwasdeportationofAfghanfamiliesthattheAfghanauthoritiesinNovembersentasharp,writtenprotesttotheNorwegianForeignMinistry.

PolicegaveearlyasAugustclearmessagethatthestrongcommitmenttofulfilltargetscouldleadto”aliensreleasedfromprisonanddormitorywithoutbeingdeportedbecausethematteriscomplexnature,”accordingtotheplan.

Hazardoustargets

SignificanteffortandresourceswereusedtofollowupANUNDSENandgovernmentreturmål.Parallelcontinuedongoingdiscussionsabouttherealismofdemandsforevermorerebounds.ThediscussionsstartedshortlyafterAndersAnundsenbecameministerin2013.

Thedocumentsshowthatthenewpoliticalbroomsinministryquicklyaskedforanassessmentofwhetheritwaspossibletoincreasetheemissionofrejectedasylumseekersfrom1500to2500.Itended1900.

InPoliceImmigrationwentonhealthloose.Workpressuresledtohighabsenteeism.

Anauditrevealedmajorworkenvironmentproblems.Massiveuseofovertimeandmanysickleaveswereuncovered.Thepowerfulmetricspressurefromthepoliticalleadership”couldintensify”suchreprehensibleconditions,pointedPoliceDirectorate.

-ThepressureontheorganizationandthestaffcannotbesohighthatitwillimpactonsafetywastheJusticeDepartmentwarnedinlastsummer.

TheMinistryisalso,onseveraloccasions,warnedthatsuchastrongprioritizationofPUandmailingsfromNorway,wouldgobeyondordinarypolicework.

Thereasonisthatimmigrationwouldhaveconfiscatedaveryhighproportionofallnewjobsinthepolice.

ItwentsofarthatPUgaveaclearmessagethattheorganization”cannotwithstandhighertargetsthan7100in2014.”Soitwasalsotheend.

Squatatpeak

PoliceImmigrationendedin2014continuedbehindthemeasures.InearlyMaytherewaslikelythatpolicewouldonlybeabletosendout1,400peoplewithinthegroupofasylum-theentire500behindtarget.

OnJune18thpresentedPUchiefKristinKvignethefirstactionplanforthePoliceDirectorate.

Whenshethoughtthetargetwasachievable.Twomonthslaterthetoneanother.

“Theconsequenceofthatseveralofthenationalitieswithlargedeportationpotentialnowbecomesmorecomplex,wemustrevolveustowardsareaswheretherearefewremainingissuesorwherewelackupdatedexperience…OnthebasisofthisstatementmayseemdifficultforPUtoreachthesetgoals,wrotePUdeputyMortenHojemErvikinanotedatedAugust14.

KrFleaderKnutArildHareideiscriticalofthejusticeministernotlistenedtothepoliceinthiscase.

-Whenpolicesaythisisnotright,thenIhaveahardtimeunderstandingwhytheministerdoingthis.ItappearsthattherehavebeenimportantforAnundsenprofilingProgresspoliticsthanpolicyshallbewise,saidHareide.

-Butisnotitgoodthatonewhenadoptedmeasures?

-Whenhightargetsgobeyondasylumchildrenagreementwehavewiththegovernment,thenthisisproblematicforus,saysHareide.