Refugees arrive on CWS airlift.

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REFUGEES ARRIVE ON CWS AIRLIFT


NEW YORK -- This Albanian Moslem family of


seven children with their father arrived by


plane at Idlewild Airport here in the first


mass airlift of such migrants to be conducted


by Church World Service, relief agency of the


National Council of Churches. The group was


among 69 European refugees brought here by CWS


in a new resettlement program made possible by


the 1953 Refugee Relief Act. In right back-


ground is Halil Bushka, the father, whose wife


and youngest son still remain in Albania. One


of his sons, Idaet (right), rescued six of his


brothers and sisters from Communist hands in


Albania and led them to safety in Greece. The


Bushka family will live with an uncle in


Waterbury, Conn.


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RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (NCC-10E-54-NAB-P)


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