Reunion Would End 26 Years of Heartache
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"I'm giving her hope," [Hosnia Ibrahim] said. "I tell her 'Help is coming... One day we will see each other.' "
"The whole thing ended in air of uncertainty," said [David Matas], who handles about 100 family-sponsorship applications per year. While Mouluka's case is "bizarre" it highlights Canadian immigration officials' obsessive passion for paperwork, said Matas."My mind is not here," she said. "I will go to work and make money. Maybe this year will be lucky for me. Maybe God will say 'enough suffering for you and your kids.' Maybe she will come some day. I'm going to be the happiest person in the world."See the full content of this document
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Reunion Would End 26 Years of Heartache
By Carol Sanders
Hosnia Ibrahim takes care of other people's kids, but for 26 years she's yearned to be with her own child.The woman from war-torn Ethiopia, who works with a child-welfare agency, has spent $23,000 trying to reunite with h...See the full content of this document
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