Refugees in Kirkenes
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People are not allowed to walk by foot across the Russian Norwegian border. The lion's share of refugees crossing the border is going by bicycles. -
In only few months, the number of asylum seekers at the Norwegian border crossing point of Storskog has boomed. -
Traffickers are brutally misusing refugees wanting to cross the border to Norway. Transportation to the border might cost several hundred euro. -
Bicycles are piling up at the border as refugees cross over. -
A new refugee reception center is opening up outside Kikenes. -
Senior Adviser Lars Sørsdal from the Norwegian Directorate of Civil Protection show journalists around at the new refugee transit center. -
The new reception center will have capacity for 600 refugees and can handle up to 300 new people per day. -
The new reception center is located in the buildings of an abandoned army compound -
The Norwegian Civil Defence plays a key role in the handling of the refugees. -
Terje Meyer is leader of the local Civil Defence in Kirkenes -
The new refugee reception center is located next to the local airport -
Barbed wide bears evidence of the facility's past as military compound.
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