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IPFS News Link • Economy - International

Icelanders opt for exile

04/07/2010 • By Marc Preel, AFP, telegraph.co.uk

Anna Margret Bjoernsdottir never thought she would be forced to leave her once wealthy homeland. But taking out a loan in a foreign currency was a disastrous decision. After 18 months of economic upheaval she has decided to join the biggest emigration wave from Iceland in more than a century. "I just don't see any future here. There isn't going to be any future in this country for the next 20 years, everything is going backwards," lamented the 46-year-old single mother, who plans to move to Norway in June.

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Reported By Lauren Roseman

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