[NYC-L] Request for Volunteer Interpreters

[Diane_Curran at ksg.harvard.edu]

To all speakers of Albanian:

I write to ask for your assistance in locating volunteer Albanian
interpreters in the New York area for brief interviews with asylum-seekers.
I am a fellow working under the auspices of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees on a study of U.S. immigration procedures. As
part of this study, I am interviewing individual asylum-seekers who are
seeking admission to the U.S., and who are subject to "expedited removal"
procedures. In New York, most of these individuals are detained at an
immigration detention facility in Queens.  There are now three
Albanian-speakers whom I would like to interview.

My schedule is quite flexible, and I can work to accomodate the schedule of
any volunteers who may be available next week (week of February 4), or in
the coming weeks.  Each interview should take only 1-2 hours. The
interpreter may come in person to the facility in Queens, or I can arrange
for a telephone connection.  Because funding is so limited, unfortunately,
I need to ask for volunteers.  However, I will be able to arrange to
reimburse transportation costs, if necessary.

I can be reached on my cell phone at (203) 232-7022, or by e-mail.

Thank you very much for your assistance.

Sincerely,
Diane Curran