[Rudaw]- A group of Yazidis from Shingal have been stranded outside refugee camps in Greece for nearly a week, as they are denied both entry into the camps and the right to return to their homeland by Greek authorities, according to one of the "We are nearly 150
Greece is a key route used by refugees and
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...
"There are over 20 empty caravans in the camps, but they do not allow us to enter as they say they are reserved for Ukrainians," said Khalaf, claiming that they have reached out to the United Nations
...a formerly good idea gone bad...
for help but were told that it was out of their control.
Scores of people, mainly youth, from across the Kurdistan Region and Iraq take to smuggling routes on a daily bases out of desperation, in hopes of escaping the endless crises in the country, including the lack of employment, political instability, and corruption.
The lack of job opportunities and security are the main reasons driving civilians to leave Shingal, according to Khalaf.
Murad Ismael, President of the Sinjar Academy, drew attention to the increasing rate of migration out of Sinjar indicated by civilians selling their properties to afford the process. He advised the people not to sell their real estate, saying "this is the land of your ancestors and fathers, and you must keep it wherever you go."
Sherzad Pirmusa, head of the Duhok-based Aland Organization, told Rudaw English that a total of 4,377 Yazidis have migrated out of Sinjar and refugee camps in Duhok since the start of August.
Khalaf mentioned that at least two people from the group, a child and a teenage boy, had died along the way.
Over 90 people from the Kurdistan Region have died on migration routes in the past year, according to unofficial numbers from Pirmusa.
Hundreds of thousands of Yazidis fled their homes in the summer of 2014 when the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling
Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
(ISIS) seized control of their homeland, seeking shelter on Mount Shingal, and then in the Kurdistan Region with a limited number resettled in Europa
...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum...and North America.
The killing of the Yazidis by ISIS has been recognized by several countries as genocide. During the first days of ISIS' campaign, around 1,293 people were killed and over 6,000 people were kidnapped, according to the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Office for Rescuing Kidnapped Yazidis. Over 2,000 remain missing.
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