Fyrsti h\u00f3pur s\u00fdrlenska fl\u00f3ttaf\u00f3lksins lenti \u00e1 Keflav\u00edkurflugvelli s\u00ed\u00f0degis \u00ed fyrradag eftir langt fer\u00f0alag. Fl\u00f3ttafj\u00f6lskyldurnar \u00ferj\u00e1r, sem koma til me\u00f0 a\u00f0 setjast a\u00f0 \u00ed Hafnarfir\u00f0i, voru ekki \u00ed h\u00f3pnum a\u00f0 \u00feessu sinni. Tv\u00e6r \u00feeirra s\u00e1u s\u00e9r ekki f\u00e6rt a\u00f0 koma og einhver bi\u00f0 ver\u00f0ur \u00e1 \u00feeirri \u00feri\u00f0ju vegna fj\u00f6lskyldua\u00f0st\u00e6\u00f0na. Val \u00e1 n\u00fdjum fj\u00f6lskyldum stendur yfir. \u00deess er a\u00f0 v\u00e6nta a\u00f0 fj\u00f6lskyldurnar komi til landsins \u00ed byrjun mars.<\/i><\/p>\n
\u00cd h\u00f3pnum sem kom til landsins \u00ed fyrradag voru sex fj\u00f6lskyldur, 13 fullor\u00f0nir og 22 b\u00f6rn. Til st\u00f3\u00f0 a\u00f0 fj\u00f6lskyldurnar yr\u00f0u t\u00edu og a\u00f0 \u00ferj\u00e1r \u00feeirra myndu setjast a\u00f0 \u00ed Hafnarfir\u00f0i. Breyttar a\u00f0st\u00e6\u00f0ur ver\u00f0a til \u00feess a\u00f0 einhver bi\u00f0 ver\u00f0ur \u00e1 fj\u00f6lskyldum \u00ed Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0inn. \u00derj\u00e1r fj\u00f6lskyldur sem h\u00f6f\u00f0u l\u00fdst \u00e1huga \u00e1 a\u00f0 setjast a\u00f0 \u00e1 \u00cdslandi s\u00e1u s\u00e9r ekki f\u00e6rt a\u00f0 koma og einhver bi\u00f0 ver\u00f0ur \u00e1 einni fj\u00f6lskyldu vegna yfirvofandi f\u00e6\u00f0ingar h\u00fasm\u00f3\u00f0urinnar. Alltaf m\u00e1 reikna me\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 f\u00f3lk sem bo\u00f0in hefur veri\u00f0 b\u00faseta h\u00e6tti vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 koma og geta \u00e1st\u00e6\u00f0ur veri\u00f0 margv\u00edslegar. Fl\u00f3ttamannastofnun Sameinu\u00f0u \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0anna hefur \u00ed samvinnu vi\u00f0 \u00edslensk stj\u00f3rnv\u00f6ld undirb\u00fai\u00f0 komu h\u00f3ps fl\u00f3ttaf\u00f3lks \u00ed \u00feeirra sta\u00f0. Stefnt er a\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 s\u00e1 h\u00f3pur komi innan f\u00e1rra vikna og f\u00f3lki\u00f0 setjist a\u00f0 \u00ed Hafnarfir\u00f0i og K\u00f3pavogi.<\/p>\n
\u201eVi\u00f0 b\u00ed\u00f0um spennt eftir okkar fj\u00f6lskyldum og komum til me\u00f0 a\u00f0 taka fagnandi \u00e1 m\u00f3ti \u00feeim h\u00f3pi sem fyrir valinu ver\u00f0ur. H\u00e9r er allt tilb\u00fai\u00f0 og hefur starfsf\u00f3lk sveitarf\u00e9lagsins \u00ed samstarfi vi\u00f0 \u00f6fluga a\u00f0ila Rau\u00f0a krossins \u00ed Hafnarfir\u00f0i, fulltr\u00faa fr\u00e1 velfer\u00f0arr\u00e1\u00f0uneyti o.fl. undirb\u00fai\u00f0 komu \u00feeirra vel og vandlega. \u00dea\u00f0 eru allir samst\u00edga \u00ed \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 hj\u00e1lpa fj\u00f6lskyldunum a\u00f0 komast hratt og \u00f6rugglega inn \u00ed samf\u00e9lagi\u00f0 og a\u00f0 \u00fe\u00e6r finni a\u00f0 \u00fe\u00e6r s\u00e9u velkomnar\u201c<\/i> segir Rannveig Einarsd\u00f3ttir, svi\u00f0sstj\u00f3ri Fj\u00f6lskyldu\u00fej\u00f3nustu. <\/p>\n