Why I Really Want to Help Myself and Others ; Dritan Dema, Now 31, Arrived in Birmingham From Albania Nine Years Ago After Fleeing Slobodan Milosevic's Regime. At the Time, He Spoke Only Two Words of English and Quickly Realised That the Key to Successful Integration Lay Within Himself. This Is His Story

Birmingham Post › June 30, 2005

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'I lived in Kosovo and then Albania before I sought asylum in Birmingham in June 1996. I was forced to flee because ethnic Albanians were suffering persecution from the Serbian police and military.

'As a Muslim ethnic Albanian, I couldn't live freely and we were not allowed to speak Albanian. At the time, I was required to join the Serbian army but didn't want to.

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Why I Really Want to Help Myself and Others ; Dritan Dema, Now 31, Arrived in Birmingham From Albania Nine Years Ago After Fleeing Slobodan Milosevic's Regime. At the Time, He Spoke Only Two Words of English and Quickly Realised That the Key to Successful Integration Lay Within Himself. This Is His Story

'There had been lots of occasions where Albanians in the army were put in the worst positions and sent to fight against people who had...

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