Kosovar girl begs for return to France as classmates show support
- 11 years ago
With a storm brewing on the horizon, Kosovo is as dark a country as ever for 15-year-old Leonarda Dibrani.
(SOUNDBITE) (French) 15-YEAR-OLD LEONARDA DIBRANI SAYING:
"Here, I don't speak the language, I don't understand it and I am afraid that the others will make fun of me. And my home is not here, my home is in France. Because in France I have everything: all my friends, my boyfriend, my teachers, my school, my future, everything is in France. But here no, I have nothing. I don't know why I am in Kosovo."
Leonarda and her family, who are of Roma descent, were deported from France this month.
She herself was pulled off a school bus by police in front of all of her classmates, becoming the latest focus of France's agonized debate over migration.
(SOUNDBITE) (French) 15-YEAR-OLD LEONARDA DIBRANI SAYING:
"It hurt to leave everyone behind and I was ashamed. All my friends looked at me in a weird way, asking me what I had done, why the police were there..
(SOUNDBITE) (French) 15-YEAR-OLD LEONARDA DIBRANI SAYING:
"Here, I don't speak the language, I don't understand it and I am afraid that the others will make fun of me. And my home is not here, my home is in France. Because in France I have everything: all my friends, my boyfriend, my teachers, my school, my future, everything is in France. But here no, I have nothing. I don't know why I am in Kosovo."
Leonarda and her family, who are of Roma descent, were deported from France this month.
She herself was pulled off a school bus by police in front of all of her classmates, becoming the latest focus of France's agonized debate over migration.
(SOUNDBITE) (French) 15-YEAR-OLD LEONARDA DIBRANI SAYING:
"It hurt to leave everyone behind and I was ashamed. All my friends looked at me in a weird way, asking me what I had done, why the police were there..