Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 31, 2006, Winnipeg, Manitoba Manitoba Winnipeg free press monday july 31, 2006 a5 russian family a new life begins in Manitoba by Carol Sanders a after fleeing persecution in Kyrgyzstan then hiding in a trailer in Holland for six years with their lives on hold the Zemlyansky family hit the ground running when they arrived at their new Home in Manitoba last week. We re very excited Svetlana zem Liansky said in faltering English after seeing her spacious Steinbach apart ment for the first time Friday with her 22-year-old son Yuri and her husband Aleksandr. For the ethnic russian family that a spent the last decade As targets for abuse in Kyrgyzstan and then As illegal aliens registering for social insurance num Bers health cards and English classes in Friendly Manitoba is a Triumph. Outside the Steinbach immigrant settlement office Friday Yuri said he san ious to improve his English so he can get a Job and continue his education in architecture that he started in Holland where he was Able to audit courses. The Young Man did to want to talk about his inter ests in music or sports ? he said he can to even think about those things now that he Sable follow his career path. His parents said they re both anxious to Start working. Svetlana is looking for Ward to having her own Kitchen where she can bake and a Balcony where she can Plant some of the Hundred or so Tulip bulbs she brought from Holland. Alek Sandr a mechanical Engineer can to wait to get a Drivers licence and earn a steady income. Hearing about their Hopes and ambitions no one would suspect what they a been through. It was awful for them said their Friend Hettie Penner of landmark who has worked for almost fours years to get the family Here. If you were to ask me How i feel about them coming Here id say How did the children of Israel feel when god parted the red sea ? said Penner whose Prairie Rose evangelical mennonite Church in landmark sponsored the family. In 2000, the ethnic russians left the former soviet Republic bordered by Kazakhstan China Tajikistan and Uzbekistan when conditions became unbearable. When the soviet Union split apart it was a problem for russians there said Yuri who was 15 when his family fled. George Douklias / Winnipeg free press Svetlana from Lef Aleksandr and Yuri Zemlyansky with Hettie Penner outside Steinbach a immigration office. The kyrgyz people Don to want the Russ get the refugees to Canada. Had their meeting cancelled at the last Ian people. It was difficult. It became god put this family in my heart to minute and rescheduled. Once their apply worse and help them she said. But i was just a cation to come to Canada was approved Svetlana and Yuri were violently person working in a Chicken barn ? it took almost a year to get their papers. Assaulted and police would to protect the what did i know they arrived in Canada wednesday russian speaking family. No one would Penner recalled the challenges they night. Their arrival has doubled Mani hire Aleksandr and the family was Des faced trying to help the family get to Tobas population of immigrants from Perate. They fled to Holland where the Canada. There were Many times when Kyrgyzstan according to Canada Immi dutch government acknowledged the it did to look Good she said. Canadian Gration statistics and they re ready to legitimacy of their refugee claim but immigration officials at the embassy in contribute. Would to Grant them refugee status. Berlin insisted the entire three Inch they want to work ? they re hard they went underground and were thick file on the family be officially workers said Penner. 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