The French government says it is ready to offer asylum to Iraqi Christians forced to

[Sally]

I hope some Christians from Iraq are also offered asylum here. Many of the Christian Iraqis already have relatives here who can assist them in getting acclimated to this country, and these Christians will find comfort in the Assyrian churches here where they can practice their religious beliefs without worrying that they will be killed for them.

28 July 2014

The French government says it is ready to offer asylum to Iraqi Christians forced to flee by Islamist militants in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul.

Many fled Mosul after the Islamic State (IS) group which seized much of northern Iraq told them to convert to Islam, pay a tax or face death.

Iraq is home to one of the world's most ancient Christian communities.

Two top ministers said, "We are ready, if they so desire, to help facilitate asylum on our territory."

It was a joint message from Laurent Fabius and Bernard Cazeneuve, respectively foreign minister and interior minister in the Socialist government.

A senior Christian cleric in Iraq, Patriarch Louis Sako, estimated that before the advance of IS, Mosul had a Christian community of 35,000 - compared with 60,000 prior to 2003.

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BBC News - France offers Iraq Christians asylum after Mosul threat

 

[R.C. Christian]

Meanwhile, the illegal President of the United States wants refugee status for Latin trash with not a word about the ISIS terrorist organization that he helped create.

I have to say go France. Good for them.