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Mis à jour le 07/08/2014 à 21:43
One family, the first to benefit refugee status since the French government has announced plans to promote the reception of Iraqi Christians, arrived in France on August 7.
They have the features slightly drawn, but the faces are smiling. Eleven Iraqis Christian denomination arrived Thursday early morning in Paris, receiving asylum visas, even shed a few tears for some treading the French soil at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport. "We are pleased to be welcomed here, told us Yonan Nabeel Yousif, 53, although we are sad to have to leave our country because we were not safe there."
These Iraqis are members of the same family, related to Mgr Faraj Raho archbishop, who was kidnapped and murdered March 13, 2008 in Mosul. Grandfather and grandmother, their son Nabeel and his wife, Anskan, another son and his wife, grand-son and grand-daughters (the youngest is 14 years old) have just experienced a few years of fear and anxiety. From Mosul, they had then, for safety reasons, to reach Baghdad. Then, after seven police officers and 37 Christians were killed and 71 others injured by armed Islamists in the church Sayidat al-Najat (Our Lady of Hi) in 2010, they had to flee to Syria. Finally back discreetly in the Iraqi capital in order to begin the process of obtaining visas. They enjoyed the protection of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Syria and Baghdad during the last six months.
[ireneg] Long months of investigation According to the Association to support minority Orient (AEMO), which welcomed them, this is the first Iraqi Christians to be granted this status since the French government announced on July 28, will promote their home in France. Elish Yako for Secretary General of the AEMO and member of the Coalition of Eastern Christians in danger (CHREDO), this announcement "may have accelerated the progress of their case." For obtaining these visas issued by embassies or consulates, requires many months of investigation and verification.
"All Iraqi Christians are persecuted, particularly around Mosul," laments Nabeel Yousif through a translator. "While we hope to return one day in our country, we do not really see how short term this could work out. And all Iraqi Christians feel the same way, and many of them would get away. Because it goes beyond discomfort of life or insults. The lives of Christians in Iraq is in danger. "
These eleven Iraqi refugees were welcomed and housed initially in the home of France Terre d'asile de Créteil (Val-de-Marne), then they will probably go in the south of France in a reception center for asylum asylum (Cada). When Elish Yako introduced us to these three generations of Iraqis, he said, "You can shake hands with one and all. We are Christians. "In the eyes of older, reserve and dignity of refugees were read. In the eyes of the youngest shining hope for a future and they finally they foresaw less dark.
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Mis à jour le 07/08/2014 à 21:43
One family, the first to benefit refugee status since the French government has announced plans to promote the reception of Iraqi Christians, arrived in France on August 7.
They have the features slightly drawn, but the faces are smiling. Eleven Iraqis Christian denomination arrived Thursday early morning in Paris, receiving asylum visas, even shed a few tears for some treading the French soil at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport. "We are pleased to be welcomed here, told us Yonan Nabeel Yousif, 53, although we are sad to have to leave our country because we were not safe there."
These Iraqis are members of the same family, related to Mgr Faraj Raho archbishop, who was kidnapped and murdered March 13, 2008 in Mosul. Grandfather and grandmother, their son Nabeel and his wife, Anskan, another son and his wife, grand-son and grand-daughters (the youngest is 14 years old) have just experienced a few years of fear and anxiety. From Mosul, they had then, for safety reasons, to reach Baghdad. Then, after seven police officers and 37 Christians were killed and 71 others injured by armed Islamists in the church Sayidat al-Najat (Our Lady of Hi) in 2010, they had to flee to Syria. Finally back discreetly in the Iraqi capital in order to begin the process of obtaining visas. They enjoyed the protection of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Syria and Baghdad during the last six months.
[ireneg] Long months of investigation According to the Association to support minority Orient (AEMO), which welcomed them, this is the first Iraqi Christians to be granted this status since the French government announced on July 28, will promote their home in France. Elish Yako for Secretary General of the AEMO and member of the Coalition of Eastern Christians in danger (CHREDO), this announcement "may have accelerated the progress of their case." For obtaining these visas issued by embassies or consulates, requires many months of investigation and verification.
"All Iraqi Christians are persecuted, particularly around Mosul," laments Nabeel Yousif through a translator. "While we hope to return one day in our country, we do not really see how short term this could work out. And all Iraqi Christians feel the same way, and many of them would get away. Because it goes beyond discomfort of life or insults. The lives of Christians in Iraq is in danger. "
These eleven Iraqi refugees were welcomed and housed initially in the home of France Terre d'asile de Créteil (Val-de-Marne), then they will probably go in the south of France in a reception center for asylum asylum (Cada). When Elish Yako introduced us to these three generations of Iraqis, he said, "You can shake hands with one and all. We are Christians. "In the eyes of older, reserve and dignity of refugees were read. In the eyes of the youngest shining hope for a future and they finally they foresaw less dark.
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