How exactly are they going to tell me I'm not from Guatamala?
Same way the US can tell if someone is from Mexico or Guatamala? Or Syria vs Iraq? I don't know but there's probably some method.
The "asylum seekers" you've met are ones that applied to Norway before ever stepping foot in the nation. Norway constantly sends people back that show up unannounced and it certainly doesn't have thousands upon thousands of people pouring in on a daily basis. The very few people they do have showing up, they send back almost immediately.
https://www.thelocal.no/20170123/record-deportation-figures-werent-enough-for-norway
Record numbers in 2016 alone. No one is showing up at Norway's door, saying "I seek asylum" and then getting magically placed in an amazing apartment. You're confusing Norway's process of legal immigration with the current illegal immigration crisis in the US. Norway is known as the most xenophobic country in Europe and you already know about their very strict immigration policies. The real question is why you want to pretend that it's not the case.
I'm not sure how you're getting your conclusions.Those numbers aren't just people who cross the border illegally.
For example:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-353557275,500 people who crossed from Russia but had valid Visas from Russia. Russia is considered safe. Thus, they were sent back. ie. Deported.
That was in the early months of 2016, which is the year of your numbers.
https://www.nrk.no/norge/ny-rekord-i-antall-tvangsreturer-1.13319094Here's another article with a better breakdown.
17% were rejected asylum seekers.
17% were deported because they were already in another nation and thus it's that nation's responsibility to deal with their asylum case. So if you fled Syria to Russia then after some time went from Russia to Norway, you fall under the Dublin Asylum rules and are sent back to Russia.
66% were expelled due to criminal backgrounds or bans from entering Norway in the first place.
And yes, they don't exactly have an influx of refugees pouring in by the thousands on a daily basis.(they did in 2015) But it's not exactly easy to take a boat from Syria to Norway. Or really most nations that are "dangerous" to Norway.
I'm not sure why you say Norway is the most Xenophobic nation in Europe. Their immigration laws are tight, yes, but they aren't very big. The entire population could fit into NYC and the total area of space is about the size of New Mexico. So they only allow immediate family members of Norwegian citizens. (children, parents, and spouses) so long as you can afford to care for them.
They are part of the EEA, which means someone from Italy can move to Norway without having to go through any immigration process.
I certanly haven't seen any Xenophobia nor do I get that impression from the refugees I reguarly speak to.
But they do accept a fair amount of refugees a year.
https://www.regjeringen.no/contentassets/5a8e49d721ad456ea8bd698ea2d543ef/immigration-and-immigrants-20152016-complete.pdfOf the refugees (page 38 in the link above) 25% were rejected in 2015 and 34% were rejected in 2016. So most of the 30,000+ application seekers were granted asylum/refugee status.
As for the process:
https://www.udi.no/en/want-to-apply/protection-asylum/protection-asylum-in-norway/From their own page: IF you are in Norway or at the border, you can apply for asylum. You'll be sent to Ankomstsenter for 1-2 days then sent to an asylum reception centre until your case is processed.