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Sweden accepted aliens, backing centre for those helping the distressed (10)

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samaritans

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(Other definitions for samaritans that I've seen before include "telephone helpline" , "Voluntary organisation to counsel the desperate" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.
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