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Refugee group resettled in Finland

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    A group of 38 Sudanese refugees arrived in Finland on Sunday for resettlement in the Scandinavian country, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) reported on Tuesday, 21 August. The refugees were subsequently transported to their new homes in Vaasa municipality, several hundred kilometres north of the Finnish capital, Helsinki, where their resettlement would be assisted by the Finnish Red Cross, IOM stated. Prior to departure from the Egyptian capital, Cairo, the refugees were given cultural orientation classes to “facilitate their smooth integration into Finnish society,” the agency said, adding that it plans to organise several others resettlement flights out of Cairo in the coming weeks and resettle 110 Sudanese refugees in Finland by the end of the year. [for more details, go to:
    http://www.iom.int/new.htm]

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