She told an end-of-year news conference on Thursday that "it was demanding to deal with a situation where the numbers kept growing." She added that the situation "is currently under control, but that does not mean it will not persist."
Most migrants have headed for Germany and Sweden, while Norway has received more than 30,000 asylum-seekers, mainly from Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq and Eritrea. The bulk entered the Scandinavian country through Sweden, but for a while nearly 4,000 refugees entered via Russia by using a remote Arctic crossing closed to pedestrians.
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