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	Refugee family arrives in Connecticut (WTNH) _ A group of Kosovar refugees have been reunited with family members in Fairfield. It's anew beginning for one family who fled after the atrocities in their home country. News Channel 8's Judy Chong reports. 15 Kosovar refugees got off an airplane at JFK at 4:30 Wednesday morning from a refugee camp in Macedonia. Now they are in their new homes with Connecticut relatives. They are so far from their homeland they love so dearly. But Connecticut brings these refugees the hope of peace and safety away from the violence of Kosovo. Judy: "You have nothing?" Jehona Marku: "I have nothing, I had 5 minutes to leave to go to Macedonia, Pristina." Agron Krivca, Waterbury: "The military troop with mask and stuff told them 5 minutes, supposed to leave house. I know her father left in pajamas." It is with immeasurable sadness and immense joy that 13 members of one family arrived in Fairfield today, the youngest a 3 year old boy. Jehona Marku was a medical student and nurse in Pristina. She comes with only the shirt on her back and optimism that life will be better here. Marku: "I thank the American people, the president, NATO." They will be staying temporarily with their Connecticut relatives, crammed inside a two bedroom apartment in Waterbury. Krivca: "People see here on TV everyday what's going on over there. So when I think what we see over there, even if we share a small apartment together I don't care." The International Institute of Connecticut will help the refugees find a place of their own, jobs, and English classes. This long journey is but the beginning of an even longer road to repair their shattered lives. Myra Oliver, International Institute of Connecticut: "I think that's the advantage of coming to family, there's nothing like family to help in the initial adjustment and loss, it'll be a big big help." Four relatives, including a baby, had been left behind in Macedonia. The international institute expects they'll be reunited shortly with the rest of the family in Waterbury. As for 2 the other Kosovar refugees who also arrived today, they are staying with relatives in Stratford. The International Institute estimates it will bring a total of 1,800 refugees to Connecticut. Today's News Page. WTNH Home Page. ©1999 WTNH/WTNH-DT A LIN station.

Refugee family arrives in Connecticut
(WTNH) _ A group of Kosovar refugees have been reunited with family members in Fairfield. It's anew beginning for one family who fled after the atrocities in their home country.
News Channel 8's Judy Chong reports.

15 Kosovar refugees got off an airplane at JFK at 4:30 Wednesday morning from a refugee camp in Macedonia. Now they are in their new homes with Connecticut relatives.

They are so far from their homeland they love so dearly. But Connecticut brings these refugees the hope of peace and safety away from the violence of Kosovo.

Judy: "You have nothing?"
Jehona Marku: "I have nothing, I had 5 minutes to leave to go to Macedonia, Pristina."

Agron Krivca, Waterbury: "The military troop with mask and stuff told them 5 minutes, supposed to leave house. I know her father left in pajamas."

It is with immeasurable sadness and immense joy that 13 members of one family arrived in Fairfield today, the youngest a 3 year old boy. Jehona Marku was a medical student and nurse in Pristina. She comes with only the shirt on her back and optimism that life will be better here.

Marku: "I thank the American people, the president, NATO."

They will be staying temporarily with their Connecticut relatives, crammed inside a two bedroom apartment in Waterbury.

Krivca: "People see here on TV everyday what's going on over there. So when I think what we see over there, even if we share a small apartment together I don't care."

The International Institute of Connecticut will help the refugees find a place of their own, jobs, and English classes. This long journey is but the beginning of an even longer road to repair their shattered lives.

Myra Oliver, International Institute of Connecticut: "I think that's the advantage of coming to family, there's nothing like family to help in the initial adjustment and loss, it'll be a big big help."

Four relatives, including a baby, had been left behind in Macedonia. The international institute expects they'll be reunited shortly with the rest of the family in Waterbury.

As for 2 the other Kosovar refugees who also arrived today, they are staying with relatives in Stratford. The International Institute estimates it will bring a total of 1,800 refugees to Connecticut.

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