Source: SIR
"Germany cannot go back on its promises": this was stated by Otmar Oehring, in charge of human rights for the Catholic missionary charity Missio, about the reception of Iraqi refugees. Speaking with the agency Kna, Oehring complained of the German politician’s relaxing about her commitment to receiving persecuted Christians and the members of other minorities, in the run-up to the meeting of the Ministers of the Interior of the EU, on September 25th and 26th.
"Germany cannot go back on its promises": this was stated by Otmar Oehring, in charge of human rights for the Catholic missionary charity Missio, about the reception of Iraqi refugees. Speaking with the agency Kna, Oehring complained of the German politician’s relaxing about her commitment to receiving persecuted Christians and the members of other minorities, in the run-up to the meeting of the Ministers of the Interior of the EU, on September 25th and 26th.
“I suspect the EU Ministers will pass a weak resolution, referring to the fact the EU member states are doing a lot for the Iraqi refugees even in their usual asylum procedures. I think it’s outrageous that now Germany is going back on its promises”. Oehring warned against the recent statements made by the Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, according to whom Christians in Iraq are not discriminated against: “all the news prove instead that Christians are not safe and are not protected”. According to Oehring, non-Islamic minorities “have no prospect of surviving”, and the same applies to the Christians who have taken shelter in Turkey, Jordan or Syria, who, “without a lasting legal status and without a job, live in desperation. Even in the event of a reconciliation of Iraq, they cannot possibly go back and live in peace as before”.
