Easterine Kire during the 2014 ICORN General Assembly in Ljubljana. Credits: Miha Fras.
Tromsø has been a City of Refuge since 2005.
It has hosted 7 writers, artists, and journalists in ICORN residence, including Naga poet and writer Easterine Kire, Bangladeshi journalist Jahangir Akash, and Syrian writer Sanaa Aoun.