Norway searches for war criminals among refugees

STOCKHOLM, July 21 (Xinhua) -- Norwegian justice officials said Monday a new check of asylum records from the 1990s has revealed that more war criminals from the Balkans may be living in Norway, according to reports reaching here from Oslo on Monday. Norway granted group protection to refugees from the Balkans, which meant that individuals weren't always questioned, Norwegian broadcasting NRK quoted prosecutor Pal Lonseth as reporting. Norway will be looking more closely at a handful of cases. NRK pointed that around 12,000 refugees from the war in the Balkans came to Norway during the 1990s. Some 70 people granted residence permission in Norway are suspected of committing war crimes, not just in the Balkans but in Iraq, Afghanistan and other countries. Next month a former refugee is to go on trial in Oslo on charges of... [read full story]