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Mar 2022

28m 54s

Radio Sweden Weekly: Ukrainian refugees ...

About this episode

What do you pack when you only have three minutes to pack up your life? Or even 30 minutes? We meet refugees from Ukraine in temporary accommodation in Sweden who have had to leave everything behind. And hear from a local council trying to be ready to receive them.

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We look at lessons learnt from the big refugee crisis in 2015, and check in on the preparations for a a charity concert that will be held this weekend.

Presenter & Producer: Ulla Engberg

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