Asylum seekers and refugees in Latvia
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Train refugees finally granted asylum
More than 100 asylum-seekers from the Middle East and Asia, mostly Kurds, who embarked on a remarkable voyage to escape persecution only to be detained in a Latvian prison, have finally been granted asylum in Sweden and other Nordic states after a protracted struggle as to which country was responsible for them.
1 March 1997 (135 words)
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