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"A European culture clash
Reactions vary to groups with diverse origins
Manfred Wolf
Sunday, August 20, 2006
The debate about immigration in the United States is relatively straightforward compared with the controversy raging in Europe, where complexities of policy, attitude toward outsiders and the nature of immigrants' backgrounds dominate all discussions.
During a teaching stint at the University of Helsinki in the early '90s, I was at a dinner party when the subject of immigration came up. Finland had recently taken in 2,000 Somalis and resisted admitting more. It discouraged immigration and has remained homogeneous to this day. "
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