Fleeing war, Syrian refugees bike across Arctic border

[WorldNews]

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Oslo (AFP) - "I looked at the map and I decided to give it a go": Ahmad Taleb is one of a number of refugees who have reached Europe by cycling across the border into Arctic Norway. Norwegian police say that since the beginning of the year, more than 200 asylum seekers, the large majority of them fleeing the war in Syria, have crossed the border from Russia into wealthy Norway. While it is not a member of the EU, Norway belongs to the Schengen zone allowing free circulation of movement.

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