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Iraqi Christians fleeing Mosul violence find refuge in Syria

2008-10-30 (Thursday), Syria Today
Four-hundred Iraqi Christians fleeing violence in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul have arrived in Syria in the past fortnight, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) announced on October 22.

Around 13,000 Iraqi Christians have fled Mosul in recent weeks as the city’s Christian community has come under attack. About a dozen Christians have reportedly been killed in the violence, while others have received death threats.

UNHCR has started providing assistance to 40 Iraqi Christian families now living as refugees in the northern Syrian cities of Aleppo and Qamishli. “Many Christians from Mosul have been systematically targeted recently and are no longer safe there,” UNHCR Syria representative Laurens Jolles said. “We are ready to provide support for those Iraqis that seek refuge in neighbouring countries.”

UNHCR spokesman Ron Redmond said it is unclear who is behind the violence and death threats that have forced half of Mosul’s Christian population to flee. He added that the displacement now appears to be slowing.

There are an estimated 600,000 Iraqi Christians living in Iraq, mainly in the northern provinces of Arbil, Nineveh and Dahuk.

UNHCR has roughly 220,000 Iraqi refugees registered in Syria, of whom 15,000 originate from Ninewa province where Mosul is located. In total, the Syrian government estimates the country hosts some1.5 m Iraqi refugees.

Christian lawmakers have condemned the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) for failing to protect Mosul’s Christians.

“I call for the replacement of forces that failed to protect Christians in their areas, new forces capable of providing security should be deployed in these places,” Yonadam Youssef told the Voices of Iraq news agency (VOI).

Youssef accused some of the government forces of working with terrorist groups.

He also demanded Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s Shiite-dominated government release the details of their investigation into Mosul’s Christian displacement crisis.

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