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Assignment: Norways Stolen Children | RTÉ Radio 1 Extra

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Monday 18th April at 4.30pm – Assignment: Norways Stolen Children

Norway is widely regarded as one of the world’s most progressive societies, yet it’s at the centre of an international storm over its child protection policies. Tim Whewell finds out what is happening.

Campaigners accuse Norway’s social workers of removing children, many from immigrant backgrounds, from their parents without justification, and permanently erasing family bonds. Tim Whewell meets parents who say they’ve lost their children because of misunderstood remarks or “insufficient eye contact”, and the Norwegian professionals who call the system monstrous and dysfunctional. Is a service designed to put children first now out of control?