Norway: Voters Deliver Blow to Party Opposed to Accepting Syrian Refugees

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/15/world/europe/norway-voters-deliver-blow-to-party-opposed-to-accepting-syrian-refugees.html

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An anti-immigration party in Norway’s coalition government headed for its worst election result in 22 years in a local vote on Monday after its opposition to Syrian refugees put it out of step with many voters. The right-wing Progress Party had almost 10 percent of the votes with 87 percent tallied, down from about 16 percent in a parliamentary vote in 2013. The party had sought to turn the municipal election into a vote on a Norwegian plan it opposes to take in 8,000 Syrian refugees by the end of 2017. The main opposition Labour Party, which favors letting in migrants, was the big winner on Monday with about 33 percent of the vote, its best result in a local election since 1987.