![]() “Barnevernet has a tendency to make sweeping generalisations about all foreigners. They insist they have only ever given the children an occasional slap. The Josephs found themselves accused of beating their children with a flag and a wooden ladle, of calling their eldest a “little shit” and “a bloody idiot”, and of cutting their son’s hand with scissors, court documents show. Norwegian law bans all forms of corporal punishment of children, including slaps and spankings. Instead of coming home from school as usual that day, their two daughters, aged eight and 12, and their six-year-old son, were placed in emergency care after an anonymous tip about violence in the home. Jaquline Joseph and her husband Joe, both from Sri Lanka, suddenly had their three children taken away on November 14th, 2011, while they were living in Bergen, Norway’s second-largest city. Like Sagarika, some immigrant families have accused the Barnevernet of taking away their children without proper justification. The Norway government website states, “The primary duty of the child welfare services is to ensure that children and young people living under conditions that may harm their health and development will receive the necessary assistance when they need it, and to contribute to giving children and young people safe conditions for growing up.”Īccording to the Sunday Guardian Live, the Barnevernet takes around 1,500 children away from their parents every year. The Child Welfare System in Norway is similar to the ones found in Denmark, Finland and Sweden, according to Oxford Academic.
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