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Syrian refugees find a warm welcome and a new home in Iceland

By Natasha Bowler, Thomson Reuters Foundation January 27, 2017

REYKJAVIK — Valgerour Halla came into the world under unusual circumstances. The four-month-old was born in Reykjavik to Syrian asylum seekers who were so thankful they gave her an Icelandic name.

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