{"id":11196,"date":"2013-10-21T07:24:53","date_gmt":"2013-10-21T07:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/praag.org\/?p=11196"},"modified":"2013-10-21T07:24:53","modified_gmt":"2013-10-21T07:24:53","slug":"deported-roma-girl-family-attacked-in-kosovo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praag.org\/?p=11196","title":{"rendered":"Deported Roma girl, family attacked in Kosovo"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Leonarda Dibrani<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Unidentified assailants on Sunday attacked a Roma schoolgirl, whose deportation from France sparked controversy, along with her family in Kosovo where they have been living since their eviction, police said.<\/p>\n

“The Dibrani (family) were walking in Mitrovica with their children when they were attacked by unknown” people, a police officer, who requested to remain anonymous, told AFP.<\/p>\n

The mother of 15-year-old Leonarda, Xhemaili, was “beaten and is in hospital while the children, who are traumatised, are at a police station”, the officer said.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, another police officer told reporters that four people were detained over the incident which, according to first findings, may have been caused by some previous private affairs.<\/p>\n

“The incident occurred between two families, the Dibranis and the Bislimis,” police captain Ahmet Gjosha said.<\/p>\n

“It turned out that Mr Bislimi was Xhemaili Dibrani’s husband 25 years ago and we assume that this fact sparked the incident.”<\/p>\n

The Beslimi family was repatriated from Switzerland four months ago, he said.<\/p>\n

Police said they were taking the incident very seriously and a probe was launched.<\/p>\n

Shortly after the incident a police officer had told AFP that “it shows that the Dibranis are not safe here”.<\/p>\n

Leonarda’s father Resat Dibrani, 47, was at the hospital by his wife’s side.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, French President Francois Hollande offered Leonarda the chance to go back to France, but without her family.<\/p>\n

Hollande’s offer was immediately rejected by the girl while her father said that the family, deported on October 9, would not be divided and would return to France by any means.<\/p>\n

Her parents and five brothers and sisters had lived in France for four years while their asylum bid was processed. It was eventually rejected in the summer.<\/p>\n

Leonarda Dibrani’s eviction caused an outcry in France because she was detained during a school trip before being deported with her family, and students took to the streets demanding she return and Interior Minister Manuel Valls resign.<\/p>\n

In an interview with AFP Thursday, Resat Dibrani said he was born in Kosovo and that his wife and five of his six children, including Leonarda, were born in Italy.<\/p>\n

He said he had lied about his family’s Kosovo origins to have a better chance of obtaining asylum.<\/p>\n

Earlier on Sunday, the father told AFP that his “children are afraid to go out”.<\/p>\n

“I cannot adapt myself, I left 35 years ago. I do not recognise the town any more,” he said stressing that he had only 200 euros ($275) left to feed his family.<\/p>\n

The father, who wants to return to France, said: “The problem is to get into (EU member) Croatia and afterwards the way is open.”<\/p>\n

“I would have to get 20,000 euros” for people who would take us into Croatia, he added.<\/p>\n

The results of a formal probe published in France on Saturday found that the deportation was lawful but that police could have used better judgement in the way they handled it.<\/p>\n

They also found that Leonarda and her sister were taken in by French social services after having accused their father of violence — a claim they later retracted.<\/p>\n

Last year, 36,822 immigrants, many of them Roma, were deported from France, a nearly 12 percent rise from 2011. – AFP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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