Norway probes child sex abuse cases at refugee centres

Several abuse cases reported in Norway last year, as Sweden detains 14 over plot to attack asylum-seeker centre.

Norwegian police did not provide specific figures, but said the abuse cases were reported to authorities last year [EPA]

Norwegian police say they are investigating "several" cases of children suffering from sexual abuse at asylum-seekers' reception centres in the country.
Axel Wilhelm Due, from the National Criminal Investigation Services, told The Associated Press news agency on Tuesday that the abuse cases were reported to authorities towards the end of last year, without providing specific figures.
The incidents included abuse by known sex offenders visiting the reception centres, as well as residents of the centres, Due said.

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"We are looking very seriously at every individual case, and based on our information it's very likely that children living in reception centres in Norway have been and are being subjected to sexual abuse," he said.
"But generally there is low criminal activity in and around the reception centres."
Due said that police would not provide details about the alleged cases at this stage.
Last year, more than 31,000 people applied for asylum in Norway, of whom 5,300 were unaccompanied minors.