The Norwegian government will implement a program of moderate immigrant hiring quotas at 12 state services.
The test program will include the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD), the Directorate of Public Construction and Property, the Norwegian State Housing Bank and nine other state operations, Aftenposten reports.
The moderate quotas will give "positive special treatment" to immigrants when they have approximately the same qualifications as other applicants.
"Moderate quotas are a reasonably strong tool," said Minister of Government Administration and Reform Heidi Grande Røys.
"This applies primarily to those immigrants who have the greatest problems entering the job market. We are not talking about Swedes," Røys said, and pointed out that even though immigrant unemployment is dropping, the gap between jobless Norwegians and out of work immigrants remains large.
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