Norway’s Immigration and Integration Minister has asked police to look into ankle tags as a solution to migrants going underground to avoid deportation. Announcing that the country “must constantly seek new ways to safeguard Norwegian citizens” Sylvi Listhaug has outlined three groups of migrants on whom the government is considering putting tags. In Bærum, the tags are used on men who have been convicted of violence against women. On Friday, the Progress Party politician went to the western Oslo municipality to learn more about how electronic tagging works from police. Families with children, whose asylum claims have been rejected, are the main group of migrants the Progress Party politician has in mind when considering the tags. Migrants due to be repatriated are usually detained in an asylum repository northeast of the capital Oslo called Trandum. Speaking to Norway’s state-owned television company, she said: “Today, families have to be imprisoned in Trandum because there is a risk that parents will run away [from authorities. “We do not want to have children in there sitting on Trandum long term therefore we must look at the ankle bracelet as a feasible option”, Listhaug added. The second category Listhaug believes could be electronically tagged