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To: George Papadopoulos who wrote (16337)	3/27/2000 11:47:00 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17770

Re: The smart Albanians who came to the US are now flipping burgers in the local coney islands and are well into the paperwork jungle to stay here permanently and bring their relatives here. And on their way to the American Dream! Good reading: randomhouse.com

To: George Papadopoulos who wrote (16337)	4/18/2000 4:10:00 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Respond to of 17770

George, No burger flipping for Australia's Albanians either.... Kosovo Refugees Return Home From Australia By Andrew Gray PRISTINA, Yugoslavia (Reuters) - More than 100 Kosovo refugees returned home from Australia Monday, with plenty of good things to say about the people of their host country but a less complimentary view of its government. The fate of the group attracted widespread attention in Australia after they first refused to leave the country and were transferred to a detention camp and threatened with deportation. They arrived at the main bus station of the capital city Pristina after a 23-hour journey by air from Sydney via Sri Lanka to Macedonia. They were bused from Macedonia, which borders Kosovo, to Pristina. The returnees looked tired but said they were relieved to be home, although several said their homes had been destroyed or damaged in last year's war and they had nowhere to live. Veli Dodi, an economist from Pristina, said he did not feel he had been directly forced to return. ``There was just a sort of pressure,' he said as he dragged his baggage from one bus. ``We were in detention for a week.' He added: ``The people (in Australia) supported us in every possible way. Only the immigration minister was against us.' The minister, Philip Ruddock, had written to the refugees telling them they would be moved to other detention centers and then deported if they refused to leave voluntarily. Australia took in around 4,000 Kosovo refugees last year as part of an international effort to help the hundreds of thousands of ethnic Albanians fleeing violence by Serb forces. Most refugees have since returned to Kosovo. [snip] dailynews.yahoo.com This is disgusting! And the irony is that Australia is renowned for its "whitey screening" in its immigration policy.... I mean, if even white Kosovar Albanians get repelled at Australia's gates then Serbs and Greeks might be next! Hey George, have you heard the latest? Rumor has it that every turned-away Albanian was offered an Aboriginal companion as a souvenir! Savvy? Those Aussies are not that diddy, after all: killing two birds with one stone out of that Kosovo refugee deal! At least, the account is far less hypocritical than the Belgian one: over here, Albanians reportedly were so raring to go (back to their ransacked shanties) you had to talk them out of it! But hell, even a $2,500 sweetener didn't make it --they took the money and kissed us goodbye :o(