The minister was deceived when he had to google own policies in the TV2 interview – TV 2

Torbjørn Røe Isaksen did not believe young asylum seekers had the right to secondary education. The rules say the opposite.

Hoping for secondary education

The background is a reportage on TV 2 News of the Syrian family Rashdan in Storsteinnes in Troms.

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the twins Hamza and Allaben 7 years old attend primary school Storsteinnes. No one is in any doubt that they, like all other asylum children of primary school age, has the right to education.

But the twins Nama and Ibrahim on 17 and brother mudar of 16 years have been notified that they will not in high school until they have obtained a residence permit.

– I want to get started with school, then take the university to become an engineer, says Ibrahim Rashdan.

the young people came to Norway in August last year, and fear that they will miss several years of schooling because the wait for their asylum application to the UDI is between one and half and two years.

– I went to high school in Damascus, but school was closed because of the war. I have already lost two school years, says 17-year-old.

Saute about rules

TV 2 approached the Ministry with questions about youth between 15 and 18 years are entitled to upper secondary education before they have been treated asylum application. Ministry responded with an e-mail, whose sole content was a link to a note Utdanningsdirektoratet had written in 2011. It said that the asylum seekers in the group in question had no right of high school.

A few hours later we met the Minister for an interview about the same, and he asked about the information we had received the mail was correct. Neither Røe Isaksen or counselor think asylum seekers are entitled to high., But they are not quite sure.

The Minister tried to call one of the lawyers in the ministry’s order to get answers, but it was difficult because Telenor was down. Since he did not know the answer to the question, it agreed an interview a few hours later instead. Then Røe Isaksen gold standard in place:

– If you come as asylum seekers to Norway and is in secondary school age, so you have the right to secondary education, he said.

It turns out the note to the Ministry sent by mail earlier that day was from 2011 and the rules were changed in 2014. and Røe Isaksen emphasizes that he expects the counties and municipalities know the rules.

– when Parliament adopts something, when the government adopts anything and in addition put it into the state budget and send money with, so we must assume that municipalities and counties included in the updated regulations, he said.

Google missed

Røe Isaksen and his advisor explains the gaps with the old circulars, appear on Google.

– If you search a little, you’ll find old circulars, and where it says that you are not entitled, for such was it before. It makes communication department take responsibility, says the Minister.