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1. Vjosa Musliu (vjosamusliu@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 10-Feb-2023 19:05:18 JST Vjosa Musliu

   The Belgian visa office in Kosovo will not even allow my mom (a teacher in her mid-60s) to apply for a visa, before - wait for it - the Federal Asylum Office in Brussels approves her file first. The feds, we are told, will take 3-4 months to review her file.

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   • Vjosa Musliu (vjosamusliu@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 10-Feb-2023 19:17:22 JST Vjosa Musliu

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     Reason for my mom's 1-week visit to🇧🇪, you ask? Seeing her granddaughter, a🇧🇪national of two academic parents working in🇧🇪universities (not that that should mean anything).

     The demand for 'others' to prove their humanity speaks about the (in)humanity of those demanding it.

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Friday, 10-Feb-2023 19:18:47 JST Aral Balkan

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     @VjosaMusliu I’m so sorry you have to go through this. My parents (in their 80s) have not even seen our new place yet (and may never do so) because the visa hassles involved are prohibitively taxing on them.

     We might be EU citizens but the EU makes it very clear every chance it gets what it really thinks we are.