Prime Minister Erna Solberg at Storskog together with Sør-Varanger Mayor Rune Rafaelsen and Head of regional police Ellen Katrine Hætta. Photo: Atle Staalesen
Prime Minister Erna Solberg visits Storskog, the Norwegian border crossing point. Photo: Atle Staalesen
Prime Minister Erna Solberg visits Storskog, the Norwegian border crossing point. Photo: Atle Staalesen
The Norwegian border crossing point of Storskog. Photo: Atle Staalesen
Prime Minister Erna Solberg visits Storskog, the Norwegian border crossing point. Photo: Atle Staalesen
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