Poland accepts refugee mother who fled Norway’s child welfare services

A  mother and child became the first Norwegian refugees since the Second World War when Poland accepted their application for asylum last week.


Silje Garmo, 37, fled to Warsaw with her 23-month-old infant Eira in 2017 when she suspected that Norway’s child protection agency, known as the Barnvernet, was about to take the child away.

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