Will we soon see more Christian Iraqi refugees?

The Iraqi parliament has apparently removed election law provisions that set aside a number of seats in provincial governments for minorities prompting last Sunday’s street protest by Christians who declared they were the original citizens of this land.   The reference is to the fact that Islam spread by the sword through this region centuries after … Continue reading Will we soon see more Christian Iraqi refugees?

IRC pushing Biden for hearings on Iraqi refugees

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is one of the top ten volags resettling refugees in the US.  They have a vested interest in bringing more refugees to America (federal funding is allocated by the head) and are now rounding up their friends and urging Senator Biden to hold hearings in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the Iraqi … Continue reading IRC pushing Biden for hearings on Iraqi refugees

More Iraqi refugees return home: NGO’s say “it is political”

Yesterday Reuters was reporting that another plane load of Iraqi displaced people left Egypt for Baghdad and home.  This is a good omen for the government of Iraq that is looking for its people to come back and re-build the country.  However, anti-war non-governmental organizations (NGO’s) are having a fit. “It is political. The government wants … Continue reading More Iraqi refugees return home: NGO’s say “it is political”

Refugees International et al: We need more Iraqi refugees in America

This is a statement telling the US government what it needs to do about Iraq’s displaced people (and our 213th post on Iraqi refugees) signed by groups, many of which will financially benefit from the flood of Iraqis they want to bring here.   Read it all and note signatures.  The primary author is Refugees International, … Continue reading Refugees International et al: We need more Iraqi refugees in America