I cried when I read this.
I have reformatted it and corrected various spelling mistakes. I
hope you don't mind Anthony.
***********************************************************
A Must Read!<----READ & Please repectfully add any words of support
to the Honorable Senator (SENT ON MOTHER TEREZA LETTERHEAD) I copied
and pasted it here for you..
April 23, 1999
The Honorable Senator Spencer Abraham,UNITED STATES SENATOR
329 Senate Dirckson Office Building
Wasington DC. 20510202-224-4822
phone202-224-8834
fax RE: Political Asylum or Emergency Visa…
To The Honorable Senator Spencer Abraham:
Our Organization, Mother Teresa Humanitarian Organization, has
identified many families that have been unable to leave the camps
outside Scopje, making it difficult for refugees who need to come to
the refugee relief camps from entering and forcing some 5-7,000
refugees to live in the forests and mountains just South of the
Kosovo border. We have been monitoring the activities of Mr. Anthony
Elgindy and since he has been denied any help from the United States
Embassy here and since Congressman Wexler request for aid has fallen
on deaf ears we are sending this letter in an attempt to appeal to
your office.
Mr. Elgindy's trip here, seems simple enough but unfortunately he has
been unable to receive the necessary permission and or visas to bring
some of these displaced families or children out of Macedonia. After
countless interviews with the refugees it is clear that they are
having a hard time trusting the Americans and the motives for helping
any refugees. These people, despite their reluctance to accept aid
from the United States, want to leave the camps so badly since the
conditions are below that of the worst prisons in the United States
according to Mr. Elgindy. There are dozens of families and or tents
that want to come back to the United States with Mr. Elgindy. Mr.
Elgindy guarantees their safety, travel expenses and housing while in
the United States for as long as this war continues. He is a private
United States citizen who has traveled here to share the burden of
moving these people out of these outdoor mud camps to the safety
within the United States. He will direct his company, Pacific Equity
Investigations, to actively search for missing family member here and
elsewhere. Since France, Belgium, Sweden, Canada, the Netherlands,
Albania, Macedonia, and many other countries all over the world are
offering a destination for these displaced people, Mr. Elgindy is
offering an additional destination, his home.
He has also agreed to send these people back to Kosovo or to their
located family members who may turn up after weeks or months. These
people want to return to Kosovo once they can be convinced that they
will not be attacked. He is not asking for any assistance or
donations or any help from any U.S. taxpayer. He has already given
his time and money and used any influence he may have on Wall Street
to raise money for our humanitarian organization and others in the
United States (see attached letter from Congressman Wexler).
We have identified members in two different tents that we would like
to ask for permission that they be allowed into the United States at
Mr. Elgindy's expense.
The first group (Tent # unknown, Camp #2, Stenkovec, just south of
the Kosovo border with Macedonia)
CHILDREN'S NAMES AGES GENDER
1. Aferdita Imeri 17 Girl
2. Miradie Imeri 16 Girl
3. Shukrie Imeri 15 Girl
4. Abdurrahim Imeri 14 Boy
5. Feim Imeri 10 Boy
6. Ylber Imeri 7 Boy
7. Bujar Imeri 10 Boy
8. Selatin Imeri 8 Boy
9. Arben Imeri 6 Boy
10. Mustaf Imeri 4 Boy
All of these children are the children of three brothers. Their
three fathers and three mothers are missing and presumed to be dead
or in Kosovo. The children's Grandmother, Mrs. Hamide Imeri was born
in 1908, age 91. She cannot move. She needs medical care. Her
daughter, the sister of the three missing fathers, Mrs. Habibe
Potera, age 56, is caring for this entire group. Her husband, Shaqir
Potera, age 66, is too frail to aid in their care. They have a son
who is also with them, Besnik Potera, age 22, and he is extremely
malnourished.
The second group is located in tent 78 C, Camp #2, Stankovec has an
equally tragic situation.
CHILDREN'S NAMES AGES GENDER
1. Florije Krasniqi 17 Girl
2. Neriman Krasniqi 12 Girl
3. Hamdi Krasniqi 8 Boy
4. Mirijeta Krasniqi 9 Girl
5. Besim Krasniqi 12 Boy
6. Blerim Krasniqi 11 Boy
7. Beqim Krasniqi 8 Boy
We were told initially that four of these children lost both parents
to Serb police. They now claim that they are all cousins so as to
avoid being split up. Mrs. Emine Krasniqi, age 43, left an older
daughter behind in Kosovo and when they were fleeing they picked up a
9 year old, that they now identify as Merijeta Krasniqi, who was
running away and alone. This group that has decided to become a
family, is comprised of one very ill male, age 30, Imer Krasniqi who
suffers from extreme abdominal pain and malnutrition. The two older
women Azize Kraniqi, female, age 47 and previously mentioned Emine
Krasniqi, age 42 are caring for four children who have lost both
parents. We, the Mother Teresa Humanitarian Organization certify and
attest that this "family" will be better off if given access to Mr.
Elgindy's aid and assistance. Additionally, two of the children claim
that they have family abroad but are unable to locate them. With Mr.
Elgindy's assistance they will be able to do that.
We humbly request and plead for your permission and assistance in
allowing Mr. Elgindy do lighten the load of the various organizations
and agencies here. Mr Elgindy will finance these placements and
assistance to these people completely on his own, with no assistance
from our organization or any other.
Very truly yours and with respect,
Avdula Memetaj
President |
