01734nas a2200145   4500008004100000022001400041245007000055210006900125300001200194490000600206520114700212653004601359100003201405856015101437       2016                        eng d  a2300-168200aSelected Aspects of Norwegian Immigration Policy Towards Children0 aSelected Aspects of Norwegian Immigration Policy Towards Childre  a129-1440 v53 a<p>This article, through the prism of immigration policy models proposed by Stephen Castles (1995), Steven Weldon (2005) and Liah Greenfeld (1998), discusses those aspects of Norwegian immigration policy that refer directly to children. Areas such as employment, education, housing and health care influence the situation of an immigrant family, which in turn affects the wellbeing of a child. However, it is the education system and the work of Child Welfare Services that most directly influence a child&rsquo;s position. Analysis presented in this article is based on the White Paper to the Norwegian Parliament, and data that were obtained in expert interviews and ethnographic observation in Akershus and Buskerud area in Norway, conducted between 2012 and 2014. The article raises the question whether the tools of immigration policy used by social workers and teachers lead to integration understood as an outcome of a pluralist or individualistic-civic model of immigration policy or are rather aimed at assimilation into Norwegian society, attempting to impose the effect of assimilation or the collectivistic-civic policy model.</p>10aimmigration policy; Norway; child welfare1 aNikielska-Sekuła, Karolina  uhttp://ceemr.uw.edu.pl/sites/default/files/CEEMR_Vol_5_No_1_Nikielska-Sekula_Selected_Aspects_of_Norwegian_Immigration_Policy_Towards_Children.pdf