Interpreter shortage no hindrance to Congolese learning Finnish

Source: yle uutiset

Congolese asylum seekers are learning Finnish at a refugee reception centre in Pudasjärvi, mainly through practical experience. For nearly all of the refugees, their native languages are either Swahili or Kinyarwanda.

In spite of a lack of interpreters, a group of 35 Congolese asylum seekers is assiduously studying Finnish at the Pudasjärvi refugee reception centre.

In all of Finland, there are just three interpreters who are able to speak the native language of the quota refugees, who arrived in Finland at the end of March. More.

See: yle uutiset