How asylum seekers could help ease Finland's tech skills shortage
by Jon Henley from Technology | The Guardian on (#1GC8M)
Pioneering programme is teaching refugees coding so they can become developers and is helping them integrate in society
Problem one: Finland's otherwise flourishing startup scene has a chronic shortage of developers.
Problem two: the 32,000-plus asylum seekers who arrived in the Nordic country last year - many young, highly educated and computer literate - face waiting for years before they land a job.
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