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In a radical move, the Scandinavian country’s Conservative government announced it is considering making ankle monitors mandatory for asylum seekers. The proposal was made after the police directorate delivered a report on the possibility of using electronic decides to monitor migrants who are a flight risk if their application is denied in December. In 2016, 5,482 migrants ran away from their reception centre, 69 per cent of which had their request for asylum denied or did not have permission to remain in Norway. Around half of the migrants who vanished off the radar to escape deportation are still uncounted for, according to Aftenposten.

GETTY Norway is considering 24-hour surveillance of asylum-seekers who are a flight risk

Ministry of Justice spokesman Andreas Bondevik said: “Every single year many [migrants] receive a final rejection of their asylum application. They should return to their home country. “But unfortunately, many of them try to avoid deportation and therefore it is very important for Norwegian authorities to have as much control as possible over [rejected asylum-seekers]. “The deporting wants to see if it is possible to use electronic monitoring as an alternative to jail. In addition, we want to see if it can also be used in cases where we don’t currently use jail sentences.” In September the Norwegian government announced plans to grant the police, who were tasked with removing 9,000 illegal migrants by the end of 2016, an additional £10million to cope with the demand.

GETTY 5482 migrants ran away from their reception centre in 2016

It's very important for Norwegian authorities to have as much control as possible Andreas Bondevik

At present, the majority of the migrants who have had their asylum applications rejected and are considered a flight risk are kept at the Trandum detention centre. The facility has been widely criticised as it was claimed it was “worse than jail”. In October last year, Immigration Minister Sylvi Listhaug forced to address the claims was accused of failing the migrants housed at the closed centre. Hitting back, she said it was the asylum-seekers' own actions that had landed them at Trandum, in Oslo, by either being a flight risk if their application was denied or for withholding information from the authorities.

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