Mirela Pema
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Mirela Pema
border cross guards leave shoot tried
You could not leave the country. If you tried to cross the border and got caught, the border guards would shoot you.
carrying change communism country democratic good left people weapons
We had to leave. Many people were carrying weapons and there were robberies. There had been a change in governments from communism to a democratic government. We left our country to come here because this country had good opportunities.