The family members of two Albanian children currently a camp in Syria have asked the government to intervene to get them sent home.
The children were previously abducted by their father and sent to Syria. The children’s mother and other family members are offering to pay all travel expenses but ask the government to officially mediate with Syria.
The two children are aged five and eight and are now on their own in the camp following the death of their father.
The family said their children are suffering a lot and there is a lack of coordination between government institutions. The mother has since spoken to the children on the phone and they have pleaded that they be brought home.
The children also claimed there are a number of other Albanians in the camp and they have all camped next to each other.
An open letter, sent to Prime Minister Edi Rama said:
“Mr. Prime Minister, please enable and expedite as soon as possible their safe return to the official path, I their mother pray with motherly pain…We need your help for those Albanian children to return here, to be repatriated and rehabilitated as Albania citizens.”
