And investigation done by the newspaper Aftenposten in Oslo shows that the majority of those convicted of using violence on their children are immigrants.
This is probably not a surprise to anyone from Norway. The surprise is how big the difference between native Norwegians and those with an immigration background is.
The newspaper reveals that in 2013 - 2015, 89 people, 65 men and 24 women, were convicted of using violence on their children.
7 of them were Norwegian, the remaining 82 were immigrants.
In total, those convicted were from 33 different countries. The most representative countries were:
Pakistan: 15
Vietnam: 8
Somalia: 7
Iraq: 7
Norway: 7
Iran: 4
Sri Lanka: 4
The one that really sticks out here is Pakistan. The Vietnamese, Somalian and Iraqi population isn't that different from the Pakistani, as can be seen here.
Aftenposten article in Norwegian here.
My one surprise is that Eastern Europe isn't better represented, as most high profile cases in my area of Norway has been from Polish immigrants, which is Norway's largest immigration group by far.
The problem is that in most cultures outside Scandinavia, corporal punishment of children is accepted both culturally and by religion. In Norway, it's not accepted in any way.
The most high profile case internationally is probably the case of the Romanian Pentecostal parents who used spanking as part of raising their children, which caused Norwegian child services to seize their children, leading to protests abroad. They have claimed the right to use corporal punishment on their children as part of their religious freedom.
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This is a matter that is deeply important to the Norwegian people, and something we are not willing to compromise on. Religious and cultural traditions will never trump our laws.
This is probably not a surprise to anyone from Norway. The surprise is how big the difference between native Norwegians and those with an immigration background is.
The newspaper reveals that in 2013 - 2015, 89 people, 65 men and 24 women, were convicted of using violence on their children.
7 of them were Norwegian, the remaining 82 were immigrants.
In total, those convicted were from 33 different countries. The most representative countries were:
Pakistan: 15
Vietnam: 8
Somalia: 7
Iraq: 7
Norway: 7
Iran: 4
Sri Lanka: 4
The one that really sticks out here is Pakistan. The Vietnamese, Somalian and Iraqi population isn't that different from the Pakistani, as can be seen here.
Aftenposten article in Norwegian here.
My one surprise is that Eastern Europe isn't better represented, as most high profile cases in my area of Norway has been from Polish immigrants, which is Norway's largest immigration group by far.
The problem is that in most cultures outside Scandinavia, corporal punishment of children is accepted both culturally and by religion. In Norway, it's not accepted in any way.
The most high profile case internationally is probably the case of the Romanian Pentecostal parents who used spanking as part of raising their children, which caused Norwegian child services to seize their children, leading to protests abroad. They have claimed the right to use corporal punishment on their children as part of their religious freedom.
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As many as 15,000 supporters rallied at protests held in eight cities around the globe on Saturday to continue putting pressure on the Norwegian government to release five Romanian Pentecostal children who were removed from their parents based on abuse allegations. As previously reported by The Christian Post, the five children of Ruth and Marius Bodnariu were removed from their parents' custody last Nov. 16 after the principal from the school the Bodnarius' two daughters attended notified authorities of her concern that the children were being spanked by their parents at home as a form of discipline. |
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Since the children were removed from their parents' custody, supporters of the Bodnarius have held protests and rallies outside of Norwegian embassies in a number of different countries, including one protest held outside the embassy in Washington, D.C. This Saturday, supporters in Texas are planning to host a protest rally in Houston, which is home to 10,000 Norwegian citizens, according to the president of the Alliance for Romania's Families, Peter Costea. Although Costea previously told CP that the Bodnariu case seems to be part of a larger pattern of the Barnevernet targeting the children from migrant families, the national director of Norway's branch of Youth With a Mission Andreas Nordli told CP on Monday that cases like the Bodnarius could be a result of migrant families not being aware of Norway's strict parenting laws. |
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When the Bodnariu case first gained international attention, the family claimed that their children were seized by the Barnevernet after the principal voiced concern about the family's belief that "God punishes sin." However, court records shared with Costea indicate that the children were seized because they admitted that they were being spanked by their parents. |
This is a matter that is deeply important to the Norwegian people, and something we are not willing to compromise on. Religious and cultural traditions will never trump our laws.
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