"Churches and international communities should urgently mobilize to help Iraqi Christians, as well as non-Christians, to remain in Iraq. The country cannot and should not be left without its Christian side". Today, those words were said to SIR by the Chaldean procurator at the Holy See and Apostolic visitor of the Chaldeans for Europe, Msgr. Philip Najim. He reaffirmed "the need to find common lines of intervention to alleviate the sufferings of the people". "That option he explained would have positive effects on the Iraqi who are currently taking refuge in bordering countries, such as Syria, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey. They might start planning going back to their fatherland, taking into account the improved conditions in terms of security and stability". "What our compatriots are living in those countries is very serious. They are far from their land, jobless, their status is not acknowledged, homeless, and easy preys of unscrupulous people exploiting their despair". So, here is the denunciation: "lots of Iraqi families, in despair, sell their children, sons and daughters, girls who are then exploited for sexual purposes in Gulf countries. It is a serious phenomenon which does not simply concern Christians but all the Iraqi, and which must be over as soon as possible". (To be continued) ” ” ” “
