"I don't agree that Norway should accept more refugees. Norway is doing our turn in accepting many refugees. If we like to succeed in to integrate the refugees that are coming to Norway we can't accept a larger number than we can handle," Ulf Leirstein said, commenting on the need for a response to calls in the Norwegian society to take in refugees affected by Trump’s immigration order.
Trump's restrictions went in line with his election promises and should not have caused any surprise, he added.
"I express admiration to Trump for being a politician that keeps his promises, and that nobody should be surprised that he delivered this policy," Leirstein said, adding that he personally doesn't support the ban.
Norway saw a record of 31,000 migrants seek asylum in 2015, according to the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration (UDI). The figure dropped to just 2,000 in 2016 mostly due to toughened immigration legislation promoted by the Progress Party's Immigration Minister Sylvi Listhaug.