Category - iraqi refugees

Iraqi refugees need Christian solidarity

Annegret Kapp — Tue, 06 May 2008 10:27:21 +0100

A recent meeting of Iraqi Christian refugees and church representatives from around the world has head heart-rending stories of suffering, says Annegret Kapp. Now it is time to back words with action.

Churches urged to help break 'international silence' over Iraqi refugees

staff writers — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 08:32:16 +0100

The members of the World Council of Churches (WCC) have been asked to engage "their own governments over the need to break the international silence on the humanitarian crisis in Iraq and provide greater assistance to displaced and refugee Iraqis".

Christians urge US and UK to take more Iraqi refugees

staff writers — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 18:46:19 +0100

Christians have given evidence to the United Nations concerning the estimated two million refugees that have fled Iraq since the invasion in 2003, urging Britain and US to open their doors to them.

Calls grow for UK and US to help two million Iraq refugees

staff writers — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 07:17:14 +0000

Calls are growing for Britain and the US to do more for the two million refugees who have fled Iraq since the invasion four years ago.

Should Britain take more Iraqi refugees? Jeremy Vine Show BBC Radio 2, 20th March 2007

Press Office — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 14:56:25 +0000

With Jordan and Syria taking one million refugees from Iraq each, Ekklesia's director

Pope calls for global assistance to Iraqi refugees

staff writers — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 12:43:55 +0000

As violence continues to make life intolerable for many people in Iraq, Pope Benedict XVI, head of th world's 1.2 billion Roman Catholics, has made an appeal to the international community for direct assistance to those forced to leave their homes as a result of the "dramatic situation" in the country.