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	First Kosovo refugee family arrives in Connecticut (Bridgeport-WTNH) _ The first of the Kosovo refugee families to take up residence in our state arrived in America Thursday. Their plane landed at New York's Kennedy airport in the morning, and by afternoon they were joining relatives in Bridgeport. News Channel 8's Jocelyn Sigue reports. This is the first time Frank Ambari has hugged his sister Anita Rexhepi in two and a half years. Today she arrived in Bridgeport with her husband and three children, the oldest 14 - the youngest five. All are refugees from Kosovo. Frank Ambari, Beacon Falls (on left): "It's wonderful it's about time that we get to see them now." The Rexhepi's lived with friends in Macedonia for two months after the Serbs forced them from their home in Kosovo. Ambari: "I was getting ready to go there and when I got the call from the international institute it was quite exciting." Marlene Lawler, International Institute: "They'd been there for a while and the processing went smooth and quick and all the checks that INS does came through positively there weren't any glitches so they're here." Bridgeport based International Institute will now help Ambari, a Monroe hair salon owner, find jobs for his sister and brother in law. Lawler: "If they want to go to work tonight I can do it." English lessons will come first. Like Ambari, who became an American citizen in October, this family plans to make Connecticut their permanent home. Ambari: "I would like to thank America and the American people for their generosity and I promise you one thing that you guys will be proud of these guys -- in the future - that's a promise." The Rexhepi's will live with Frank Ambari his wife and two children until they can afford a home of their own. They arrived with nothing other than the clothes they were wearing. Today's News Page. WTNH Home Page. ©1999 WTNH/WTNH-DT A LIN station.

First Kosovo refugee family arrives in Connecticut
(Bridgeport-WTNH) _ The first of the Kosovo refugee families to take up residence in our state arrived in America Thursday. Their plane landed at New York's Kennedy airport in the morning, and by afternoon they were joining relatives in Bridgeport.
News Channel 8's Jocelyn Sigue reports.

This is the first time Frank Ambari has hugged his sister Anita Rexhepi in two and a half years. Today she arrived in Bridgeport with her husband and three children, the oldest 14 - the youngest five. All are refugees from Kosovo.

Ambari greets brother in law from Kosovo Frank Ambari, Beacon Falls (on left): "It's wonderful it's about time that we get to see them now."

The Rexhepi's lived with friends in Macedonia for two months after the Serbs forced them from their home in Kosovo.

Ambari: "I was getting ready to go there and when I got the call from the international institute it was quite exciting."

Marlene Lawler, International Institute: "They'd been there for a while and the processing went smooth and quick and all the checks that INS does came through positively there weren't any glitches so they're here."

Bridgeport based International Institute will now help Ambari, a Monroe hair salon owner, find jobs for his sister and brother in law.

Lawler: "If they want to go to work tonight I can do it."

English lessons will come first. Like Ambari, who became an American citizen in October, this family plans to make Connecticut their permanent home.

Ambari: "I would like to thank America and the American people for their generosity and I promise you one thing that you guys will be proud of these guys -- in the future - that's a promise."

The Rexhepi's will live with Frank Ambari his wife and two children until they can afford a home of their own. They arrived with nothing other than the clothes they were wearing.

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