The piece of news given by Baghdadhope about the refusal of the entry visas to Iraqi delegation by the Australian Embassy commented in SIR's interview by Mgr. Jibrail Kassab, the Chaldean Bishop of Australia and New Zealand.
“The refusal of the entry visas to the young Iraqis who wished to attend the World Youth Day makes us very sad”. It was stated to SIR by mgr. Jibrail Kassab, Chaldean bishop of the eparchy of Oceania and New Zealand, in commenting the news of the visas refused to the Iraqi delegation. “It would have been a great opportunity for sharing faith – stated the bishop – which would have been beneficial to so many young people, and not only Iraqis. Unfortunately, presumably political reasons prevented this”. Despite this, the Iraqi presence will not be missing, even if it will be provided by the emigrants living in Australia, the USA and Europe, a total of about 700 people. Sadness has also been expressed by Tara Najjar of the Iraqi delegation: “the applications for the visas had been submitted even before the end of last year to the Embassy in Amman, but there was nothing doing. I don’t think the Iraqi priests and seminarians would have sought asylum from Australia once they were in. They only wanted to pray and share their faith with other young people”.
“The refusal of the entry visas to the young Iraqis who wished to attend the World Youth Day makes us very sad”. It was stated to SIR by mgr. Jibrail Kassab, Chaldean bishop of the eparchy of Oceania and New Zealand, in commenting the news of the visas refused to the Iraqi delegation. “It would have been a great opportunity for sharing faith – stated the bishop – which would have been beneficial to so many young people, and not only Iraqis. Unfortunately, presumably political reasons prevented this”. Despite this, the Iraqi presence will not be missing, even if it will be provided by the emigrants living in Australia, the USA and Europe, a total of about 700 people. Sadness has also been expressed by Tara Najjar of the Iraqi delegation: “the applications for the visas had been submitted even before the end of last year to the Embassy in Amman, but there was nothing doing. I don’t think the Iraqi priests and seminarians would have sought asylum from Australia once they were in. They only wanted to pray and share their faith with other young people”.
