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Burundi, the Swallows in War, take flight
Originally Published: June 20, 2019
By Nick Ames | ESPN FC
Olivier Niyungeko had tried his best for three years. He had walked around Gällivare, Lapland, in Sweden's bitterly cold far north, clutching a dictionary at first but after a while, he picked up plenty of the local language and had made friends, found work, played regular games of football. But time caught up with him: Niyungeko had declared himself a refugee upon arriving in Sweden, but the paperwork to rubber-stamp his stay had, for reasons unclear, never been approved and the ...
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