Finnmark reception center

Asylum seekers entering Norway via the Russian north are sent to this camp outside Kirkenes for registration. Photo: Thomas Nilsen

Rows of simple barracks are set up to house refugee arriving to Western Europe via the Arctic Route from Russia's Kola Peninsula. Photo: Thomas Nilsen

State Secretary Jøran Kallmyr is shown the registration process at the reception centre outside Kirkenes. Photo: Thomas Nilsen

All asylum seekers get new clothes. Warm and dry for Arctic winter. Photo: Thomas Nilsen

TV-screens with information in many different languages. Photo: Thomas Nilsen

Gunnar Kjønnøy (right) is County Governor of Finnmark. Here in one of the offices where the police will interview the asylum seekers. Photo: Thomas Nilsen

Finnmark Reception Center in what used to be the Home Guard's camp near the airport in Kirkenes, a 15 minutes drive from Norway's border to Russia. Photo: Thomas Nilsen

Barracks are placed inside the camp with hundred of beds. Photo: Thomas Nilsen

Waiting room for up to 50 people. Photo: Thomas Nilsen

There are beds for up to 600 migrants at the Finnmark reception center. Photo: Thomas Nilsen

Low standards, safe rood and warm beds. Photo: Thomas Nilsen

State Secretary Jøran Kallmyr and officers from Norway's Civil Defence. Photo: Thomas Nilsen