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Dalaaya was reunited with her husband
The family are living together again and new opportunities are opening up.
"I was able to meet my husband after living apart for one and a half years and the children were able to meet their father, whom they had really longed for," says Dalaaya.
"My husband had left Somalia and sought asylum in Sweden. I was so happy when I understood that we could get away from the war in our country and move to my husband when he had received his residence permit. We did not know much about Sweden, but we knew that there was peace there."
"I want to live here and become part of Swedish society. I want the children to have the chance to study and they are dreaming of being a doctor, a pilot, a police officer . . . It means a lot to me that my children can now look to the future."
"One day I hope there will be peace in our country so that we can go there and visit our relatives, who still live there."
"My husband had left Somalia and sought asylum in Sweden. I was so happy when I understood that we could get away from the war in our country and move to my husband when he had received his residence permit. We did not know much about Sweden, but we knew that there was peace there."
"I want to live here and become part of Swedish society. I want the children to have the chance to study and they are dreaming of being a doctor, a pilot, a police officer . . . It means a lot to me that my children can now look to the future."
"One day I hope there will be peace in our country so that we can go there and visit our relatives, who still live there."
44,934 people applied for a residence permit to move to a close relative in Sweden in 2010. In all, 25.076 people were granted residence permits during the year.
Facts
A person who wants to move to a close relative in Sweden (and who is not an EU/EEA citizen) must apply for and receive their permit before entering Sweden.
Somalia
Population: 9,100,000 (2009)
Government: republic
Area: 637,660 km²
Capital: Mogadishu
Official languages: Somali och Arabic
Religion: Islam (Sunni)
Somalia, which is about one and a half times as big as Sweden in terms of land area, is at the Horn of Africa.
Most of Somalia's population have Somali as their mother tongue, are Sunni Muslims and belong to the complicated Somali clan system.
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