17 minutes agoThe story of the Albanian who killed his father by Serbs: Helping Refugees to Canada Today
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)The most inspiring stories in life come from the ranks of sacrifices and the effort to succeed, especially when it comes to real stories of Kosovo refugees expelled from the war in 1998-1999. In an interview given for the Albanian Telegraph Agency, Arnisa Morina, the small daughter of the Morina family, recalls the dramatic experiences of time [...]
The most inspiring stories in life come from the ranks of sacrifices and the effort to succeed, especially when it comes to real stories of Kosovo refugees expelled from the war in 1998-1999.
In an interview given for the Albanian Telegraph Agency, Arnisa Morina, the small daughter of the Morina family, recalls the dramatic wartime experiences of 1999 when thousands of them were brought across the Atlantic under the direct care of the Canadian State.
She spoke of her father, whom Serbian paramilitaries had killed in the Gollubovci massacre in Malisheva, while Arnisa was only 3. For him, losing his father was the biggest loss in life. She shows that she doesn't have many memories of her father because she was too young to be separated forever from him.
“We are from Djurdjza, all of us as a family have lived in this country. After the Serbs took my father, we all tried to escape. We lived hard for several months. From Pristina we took the train to Macedonia and stayed there for 5 weeks. Then came the chance to fly to Canada by plane. So initially, we stayed at Military Base in Borden. for three months until the government found us a family to sponsor us. When the Canadian government found the financially supportive Dalia family, this family sent us to our new home in Brantford, Ontario. The Dalia family supported us, not by providing us with our own homes, but also our clothes, food, and all that we needed. The Dalia family has been a great blessing to us, and we continue to keep in touch with them today. Without the support of Dina Dalia, I wouldn't be where I am today, Arnisa has indicated.
As the youngest family, she would have examples of brothers and sisters who would teach Arnia that the best days were waiting for her.
The 22-year-old, today, is being educated near Osgoode Hall Law School, where she also does volunteer work near “International Refugees Association Project (IRAP). This is one of Arnia's most successful achievements, stressing that admissions to this university are in very limited quotas by 2,500 students are accepted only 290 annually. She expects to graduate from law. This university has counted numerous and successful jurists to Arnisa will surely be one of them. Soon, Morina will become a member of Real Estate Law Fire staff in Toronto, where she lives.
The Morina family has maintained refugee status for a relatively long time, so Arnisa has also wanted to stay close and to know these cases. There are few cases when she has helped them to integrate into Canadian society. Judging professionally, Morina has thought that for them and their cause, it would be a right-wing right to help. Arnisa is married and often visits her homeland.
For the Albanian community, Arnisa is a known name, which makes a contribution to Albanian Excellence Society (ACE). She's part of her board taking care of communication relations. She dedicates all her success to her family and especially to her mother. Several days ago, she also met with Albanian diaspora Minister Pandeli Majko, who has praised her as one of the new Albanian professionals in Canada.
