{"id":190,"date":"2011-01-31T09:54:31","date_gmt":"2011-01-31T09:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bevanger.co.uk\/?p=190"},"modified":"2011-01-31T10:29:33","modified_gmt":"2011-01-31T10:29:33","slug":"norwegian-of-the-year-deported-to-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bevanger.co.uk\/?p=190","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Norwegian of the year&#8221; deported to Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bevanger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Maria-Amelies-book-Illegally-Norwegian.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-191\" title=\"Maria Amelie's book &quot;Illegally Norwegian&quot;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bevanger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Maria-Amelies-book-Illegally-Norwegian-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>A young Russian woman who captured the hearts of many Norwegians with a book about her life as a paperless immigrant has been deported from the Scandinavian country. In her book &#8220;Illegally Norwegian&#8221; 25 year-old Maria Amelie, real name Madina Salamova, describes fleeing the Russian republic of North Ossetia as a child and going underground with her parents when their asylum application was rejected. The book endeared her to Norwegian people and media, and she was crowned &#8220;Norwegian of the year&#8221; by one weekly magazine. Her arrest and deportation has triggered nation-wide demonstrations agains Norway&#8217;s asylum laws and has shaken the centre-left coalition government. Listen to my report for BBC World Service and the Norwegian government response to the case here:<\/p>\n<p><object id=\"boo_player_1\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"400\" height=\"129\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"data\" value=\"http:\/\/boos.audioboo.fm\/swf\/fullsize_player.swf\" \/><param name=\"scale\" value=\"noscale\" \/><param name=\"salign\" value=\"lt\" \/><param name=\"bgColor\" value=\"#FFFFFF\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"window\" \/><param name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"rootID=boo_player_1&amp;mp3=http%3A%2F%2Faudioboo.fm%2Fboos%2F266594-norwegian-of-the-year-deported.mp3%3Fsource%3Dembed&amp;mp3Author=lbevanger&amp;mp3LinkURL=http%3A%2F%2Faudioboo.fm%2Fboos%2F266594-norwegian-of-the-year-deported&amp;mp3Title=%22Norwegian+of+the+Year%22+deported&amp;mp3Time=10.10am+31+Jan+2011\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/boos.audioboo.fm\/swf\/fullsize_player.swf\" \/><embed id=\"boo_player_1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"400\" height=\"129\" src=\"http:\/\/boos.audioboo.fm\/swf\/fullsize_player.swf\" flashvars=\"rootID=boo_player_1&amp;mp3=http%3A%2F%2Faudioboo.fm%2Fboos%2F266594-norwegian-of-the-year-deported.mp3%3Fsource%3Dembed&amp;mp3Author=lbevanger&amp;mp3LinkURL=http%3A%2F%2Faudioboo.fm%2Fboos%2F266594-norwegian-of-the-year-deported&amp;mp3Title=%22Norwegian+of+the+Year%22+deported&amp;mp3Time=10.10am+31+Jan+2011\" wmode=\"window\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" salign=\"lt\" scale=\"noscale\" data=\"http:\/\/boos.audioboo.fm\/swf\/fullsize_player.swf\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>You can also read an online version of this piece on bbcnews.com <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-europe-12309321\">here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A young Russian woman who captured the hearts of many Norwegians with a book about her life as a paperless immigrant has been deported from the Scandinavian country. 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