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AMSTERDAM (AP) — The Latest on the movement of refugees from the Middle East and elsewhere to Europe (all times local): 12:55 p.m. Six asylum-seekers have arrived in Latvia, the first of 531 the nation has agreed to accept as part of the European Union’s relocation scheme. Interior Ministry spokeswoman Ilze Petersone-Godmane says the two families of two adults and one child each “have expressed willingness to learn Latvian and integrate” in this Baltic country of nearly 2 million inhabitants. Petersone-Godmane told Latvian Public Broadcasting Saturday the families had wanted to come to the country. The Baltic News Service agency said the families from Eritrea and Syria arrived late Friday.