 Supporters of asylum-seeking Kosovans fighting to stay in Redcar fear the family could soon be forced to leave. Beqir and Lumnie Vulaj settled in Redcar five years ago with their daughters Mirela, 13, and Fatmira, eight, after escaping horrific persecution. The couple also have a son Urim, now aged three. But campaigners battling for the family to be allowed to stay now fear time is running out for them. Their worries come after Beqir received a letter from the Home Office warning they must return to Kosovo. The letter states: "You and your family have no further basis on which to remain in the United Kingdom and must make immediate arrangements to leave." As asylum-seekers, the family had been eligible for NASS (National Asylum Support Service) backing, but the Home Office also warns this could now also cease. Redcar MP Vera Baird has sent an urgent letter to Home Office Minister Tony McNulty urging him to examine the family's case. In her letter, she stressed the "compelling evidence" for Mr McNulty to exercise discretion in the case. She said: "The brutal treatment the family received from the Serbian military is not disputed. They were forced to witness the brutal murder of their six-year-old child and two of the children's grandparents." She said Lumnie also endured personal terrifying atrocities and, like her daughters, is now suffering from post-traumatic stress, although they are all responding well to treatment. The MP said the couple's son knows no other home but Redcar, adding: "Urim's birth and upbringing here undermines significantly the basis of any previous decision to deport. "It would be unjust to deport these children back to Kosovo." The MP stressed the family's fear that if they were sent back to Kosovo, their enemies would find and kill them. She said the Vulaj family also missed an amnesty - which allowed families with children seeking asylum up to October 2000 to stay - by just a few days. They arrived in Redcar in November 2000. Maggie Margary, a neighbour who has led a campaign for them to stay, has sent letters to Mr McNulty and Prime Minister Tony Blair. | 
