France says ready to facilitate asylum for Iraq's Christians
Paris (AFP) July 28, 2014 - France said Monday it was ready to help facilitate asylum for Christians in Iraq displaced by a jihadist onslaught, saying it was "outraged" by their persecution. "We are ready, if they so desire, to help facilitate asylum on our territory," Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius and Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said in a joint statement. Thousands of Christians and other minorities have ... more

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