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Refugees in Kirkenes
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.
Photo: Atle Staalesen
In only few months, the number of asylum seekers at the Norwegian border crossing point of Storskog has boomed.
Photo: Atle Staalesen
Traffickers are brutally misusing refugees wanting to cross the border to Norway. Transportation to the border might cost several hundred euro.
Photo: Atle Staalesen
Bicycles are piling up at the border as refugees cross over.
Photo: Atle Staalesen
A new refugee reception center is opening up outside Kikenes.
Photo: Atle Staalesen
Senior Adviser Lars Sørsdal from the Norwegian Directorate of Civil Protection show journalists around at the new refugee transit center.
Photo: Atle Staalesen
The new reception center will have capacity for 600 refugees and can handle up to 300 new people per day.
Photo: Atle Staalesen
The new reception center is located in the buildings of an abandoned army compound
Photo: Atle Staalesen
The Norwegian Civil Defence plays a key role in the handling of the refugees.
Photo: Atle Staalesen
Terje Meyer is leader of the local Civil Defence in Kirkenes
Photo: Atle Staalesen
The new refugee reception center is located next to the local airport
Photo: Atle Staalesen
Barbed wide bears evidence of the facility's past as military compound.
Photo: Atle Staalesen
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