This refugee family has finally been able to get their four-year old daughter to join them in this country. Because of technicalities, they could not bring her here and she had to stay behind. - - Donna Poisl
HIAS report
A four-year-old Darfuri girl, who has languished in a displaced person camp in Sudan without her mother and father for most of her life, arrived in New York yesterday morning, where she was reunited with both parents. Wesal Adam’s arrival signaled a happy ending to her parents’ years-long struggle to bring her here to live together as one family. HIAS, the international migration agency of the American Jewish community, was instrumental in obtaining permission for her to enter the country.
“This is an incredible feeling, I can’t even describe it. Now we will become a big family – it’s the difference between day and night,” said the girl’s father, Motasim Adam, upon arrival at John F. Kennedy Airport from Amman, Jordan, where he met his daughter last week for the first time since she was nine months old to bring her home to NY.
“HIAS was so pleased to help the Adam family,” said Gideon Aronoff, President & CEO of HIAS. “We are motivated by Jewish values to welcome the stranger and rescue refugees from dangerous persecution. In this case, HIAS had both the will and the expertise to turn a potential tragedy into a joyful reunion.
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