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Iceland wants immigrants to learn the language / 36PG6Q6
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In Iceland's parliament, six cleaners take a break from their duties to spend time learning Icelandic, seen as one of the principal barriers to integration in the country. Of the roughly 400,000 residents of Iceland, about one in five have an immigrant background and few of them speak Icelandic, which experts say could affect social cohesion. "At work, when we have the meeting, all the time, I couldn't understand," explains Kanyamon Juisikaew, one of the cleaners who moved to Reykjavik from Thailand. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES ARRANGED IN SEQUENCES