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 12 August 2008
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Palestinian Refugees Joyous over Swedish offer of asylum

12/08/2008

Several Palestinian families, living in dire conditions in the no man's land area between Iraq and Syria, finally found a reason to smile, after an agreement was reached between the UN refugee agency and the government of Sweden to grant the refugees asylum in Sweden.

UN Radio's Ezzat El-Ferri has the story.

(duration: 4'01")