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June 12, 2007
Europe: Iraqi Christians Caught in Legal Limbo
This story underscores the blinders ideology puts on decision-makers, in this case European bureaucrats and politicians. According to the story, Western governments are wary of letting a "never-ending stream" of refugees into their countries. That is a perfectly reasonable fear. But the issue here is whether to offer help to Christians who are being persecuted in Iraq. The unspoken fear is that, if they help the Christians and ignore the Muslims, they'll have to contend with accussations of "discrimination", "Islamophobia", and even "racism." In the meantime, the Christians suffer: Iraqi Christian Refugees in Legal Limbo
Forced from their Baghdad home by sectarian violence, an Iraqi Christian couple in their 70s have spent the past two years bounced between detention centers in Greece and Belgium, terrified of being forced back to Iraq.Their odyssey underscores the plight of thousands of Iraqi Christians denied refuge in Europe while European Union nations argue over who is responsible to help them.
Many are caught in a legal limbo. With the notable exception of Sweden, Western governments wary of letting in a seemingly never-ending stream of refugees from various countries are not prepared to accept large numbers of Iraqis. But the Christians say returning to Iraq is tantamount to a death sentence.
"People are being ping-ponged around Europe all the time, and more and more are being detained," said Judith Kumin, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees' regional representative in Brussels.[...]
Posted by Ruy Diaz at June 12, 2007 8:23 AM
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Actually Rice and the State Dept. DISCRIMINATE AGAINST CHRISTIANS and let in Muslims. Rice has agreed to take in 10,000 Palestinians stuck in Iraq as asylum refugees who will get citizenship and aid. Yet, she has done nothing for the Christians. That is how upside down and inept the US State dept. is. Thanks Clueless Condi.
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at June 13, 2007 12:40 PM
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