Immigration Minister Sylvi Listhaug said the migrant crisis is going to have violent consequences

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The centre-right Government is proposing tighter controls in order to avoid what the immigration minister described as "violent consequences" to the country's welfare system.

The measures, which would need parliamentary approval, would make it difficult for refugees to bring family members to Norway and raise the requirements for permanent resident permits.

The move comes after more than 30,000 asylum-seekers sought shelter in the country, which has a population of 5.1million people, this year.

Immigration Minister Sylvi Listhaug, of the right-wing Progress Party, said the country’s influx of migrants was one of the highest numbers in Europe in relation to its population size.