IRAQ: GERMANY INVITES THE EU TO GIVE SHELTER TO IRAQI CHRISTIANS

During the next meeting of the Council of Ministers of Justice and the Interior, due in Luxembourg on 18th April, the German Minister of the Interior, Wolfgang Schaeuble, will ask his European colleagues to give shelter to more Iraqi refugees, especially Christian ones. It was revealed by Schaeuble himself in an article on the latest issue of the German weekly Bild am Sonntag. "The region is on the verge of collapse – states the politician –. Despite this, thousands are still fleeing from death, violence and persecution. They include many Christians. At the next meeting of the Council of Ministers, we will try to discuss how Germany and Europe can help the Iraqi refugees, especially Christian ones. We must help them by offering them a home in Europe until they can go back to their country". The press estimates that Germany might receive about 30 thousand Iraqi Christians.