Bottled time.During World War II Sweden received many refugees Individuals who leave their native country for social, political, or religious reasons, or who are forced to leave as a result of any type of disaster, including war, political upheaval, and famine. from the Baltic region For other uses, see Baltic (disambiguation). The Baltic region is an ambiguous term that refers to slightly different combinations of countries in the general area surrounding the Baltic Sea. . Recently a Swiss tourist found a bottle containing a letter which had been thrown into the sea by an Estonian refugee refugee, one who leaves one's native land either because of expulsion or to escape persecution. The legal problem of accepting refugees is discussed under asylum; this article considers only mass dislocations and the organizations that help refugees. in Sweden 60 years ago. 'Is the war over?' asked the letter-writer, Maja Westerman, writing of her longing for her family in Estonia. Apparently she was living on the Swedish island of Gotland. Efforts are underway to check the authenticity The correct attribution of origin such as the authorship of an e-mail message or the correct description of information such as a data field that is properly named. Authenticity is one of the six fundamental components of information security (see Parkerian Hexad). of the letter but, whatever the outcome, it's a reminder of one role neutral Sweden was able to play at a dark time in Baltic history. |
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