(Local) Norway will not follow in the footsteps of neighbours Denmark and grant asylum to Afghan women based on their gender, Minister of Justice Emilie Enger Mehl has said.
Afghanistan is currently the world’s most oppressive country for women, according to the UN. Women’s rights in the country have been heavily restricted since the Taliban took control in 2021.
However, Emilie Enger Mehl has confirmed to the Norwegian Christian publication Vårt Land that the government will not grant Afghan women asylum based on gender.
Earlier this year, the EU’s asylum agency said that women in Afghanistan should trigger the right to asylum in EU countries.
