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"My brother disappeared trying to cross the border in 1986..."

My name is Adrian Terme. I was born in Romania. I had a brother who disappeared while trying to leave the country. He made several attempts, swimming across the Danube to pass the border from Romania in 1985, during the communist regime. I supposed he arrived in the USA, according to an uncertain (and unfortunately only one) piece of information which I got in 1986. Incertitude about his life spreads as we have no signs about him from anywhere.

Can somebody who maybe lived (or heard) a similar experience give us a possible trace to search him? My brother's name is Ovidiu Terme, born on May 14, 1964.

Anybody can answer to adyterme@yahoo.com.

Posted: November 29, 2004

"Best way to get in the working field of immigration..."

I am currently studying law at London Metropolitan University and I am currently in my second year but wish to take a few years out. Could you please advise me in the best possible way of getting in to the working field of immigration.

sieham5@hotmail.com

Posted: June 2, 2005

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FEATURED BOOK:

Disappearance of the Outside: A Manifesto for Escape

by Andrei Codrescu
Taking into account his own exile from Stalinist Romania, as well as the plights of such greats as Garcia Marquez, Breton, Dada, Kundera, and Milosz, Codrescu issues a call for those living in a free society to reach beyond a benign reality founded in technology and commercialism by tapping into their imaginations and striving for a better, evolutionary existence.

Check out our Sentimental Refugee Arts and Fun Store featuring cartoons, illustrated stories and traditions from world cultures!

"Job Interview" Cartoon: what happens when Mr. Naheed applies for a job in the United States

"A life without love is like a year without summer." Illustrated Swedish proverb.

From Russia: Vodka and Caviar. It's Party Time! Click here.

From Japan: An illustrated love story about a beautiful wife. Click here.

FEATURED INTERVIEW:

Sonia Choquette. (first generation born in the USA)
"The first thing to say about the experience of an immigrant is that people are like a tree whose roots have been cut off. Fortunately the human spirit is regenerative but only if you acknowledge that you have suffered a major psychic wound, even if you move under the best of conditions. So you can build new roots." Read more...