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Fri 08 Aug 2008UN to fly group of refugees to Ireland
A GROUP of Tanzania-based refugees are to be flown to Ireland over the next two months under a UN resettlement programme, the Department of Justice confirmed yesterday.
Minister for Integration Conor Lenihan and officials are to travel to the east African country next month to finalise details. The refugees’ country of origin or the numbers involved are not clear, but they are expected to arrive here within eight weeks.
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