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Yahya Samatar, refugee claimant from Somalia who swam across the Red River to get to Canada, stands by the river in Winnipeg on Friday, Aug. 7, 2015. Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press
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Yahya Samatar, refugee claimant from Somalia who swam across the Red River to get to Canada, stands by the river in Winnipeg on Friday, Aug. 7, 2015. Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press
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