Finnish Immigration Service reduces asylum seeker financial support
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10:03 26/08/2015
The Finnish Immigration Service has cut financial support for asylum seekers by 10 per cent since 2009 as the country struggles with growing asylum seeker numbers. Six years ago, a family of five...
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