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Montagnards seek to cope a long way from home

CULTURE-CLASH It is long way from Southeast Asian jungles to Finland, and not just measured in kilometers, as a group of refugees are finding out

AP , PHNOM PENH

"I am so sad because ... I left my family and my country. I am so far from my country," said Hving Nang, who grew rice, coffee and sweet potatoes. He hopes to have his wife and two sons join him in Finland.

Siu Giuh, who wants his brother to join him, wondered if he would ever be able to return to Vietnam.

"Every one of us, we have a dream that one day we can go back," Guled told him.

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