Section 32. International cooperation, etc. on processing of applications for residence on protection grounds

An application for a residence permit under section 28 may be refused examination on its merits if
  1. a.
    the applicant has been granted asylum or another form of protection in another country,
  2. b.
    it may be demanded that the applicant be accepted by another country participating in the Dublin cooperation, see the fourth paragraph,
  3. c.
    it may be demanded that the applicant be accepted by another Nordic state under the provisions of the Nordic Passport Control Agreement,
  4. d.
    the applicant has travelled to the realm after having stayed in a state or an area where the foreign national was not persecuted.
In cases as are mentioned in the first paragraph, (b), (c) and (d), the application for a residence permit under section 28 shall nonetheless be examined on its merits if the foreign national has a connection with the realm that makes it most logical for Norway to examine the application. The King may issue regulations containing further provisions on when an application that falls within the scope of the first paragraph shall be examined on its merits.
However, the power to refuse to examine an application on its merits under the first paragraph does not apply if precluded by section 73.
Regulation (EU) No. 604/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (the Dublin III Regulation) applies as Norwegian law. The Regulation establishes criteria and mechanisms for determining the member state responsible for examining an application for international protection lodged in one of the member states by a third-country national or a stateless person.
In a crisis situation with an extraordinarily high number of arriving asylum seekers, the King in Council may decide that an application for protection, under section 28, may be refused examined on its merits if the applicant arrives directly from a Nordic state. The King in Council may decide that authority to refuse examination on the merits, and authority to reject under section 17, first paragraph, in such cases is delegated to police officers. The King in Council may decide that refusal to grant examination on the merits, and rejection under section 17, first paragraph, is not deemed an individual decision in such cases. The provisions of the first to third sentences apply irrespective of what would otherwise have followed from the fourth paragraph. No duty of advance notification under section 37 of the Public Administration Act applies before the King in Council makes decisions as mentioned in the first to third sentences.
Decisions made by the King in Council under the fifth paragraph should preferably apply for two weeks, and for no longer than six weeks. Such decisions may be renewed once. The decision may be renewed once more if the need arises while the Storting is not in session.