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By
Hannah Tooley, Fri 02 Oct 2015
More
than 20 Christians who fled Islamic State (IS) from Iraq to the United States
(US) could be told to leave America.
After
waiting a period of months, the 27 Christians, known as Chaldeans, could be
kicked out of the US over the coming days.
The
Daily Mail has reported that despite having family sponsors, 22 people were
denied asylum and are being sent back to Europe.
Five
asylum seekers are still awaiting their verdicts.
It
is though around 4,200 Iraqi Muslims have been allowed into the US and around
727 Christians.
There
a fewer Christians in the region than Muslims.
Lisa
Jones, Executive Director of Christian Freedom International, said on The Mail
Online that: "It makes no sense."
She
added that the minority of Christians seem to face greater struggles to reach
safety.
She
said: "It makes no sense.
"These
are people from a Christian culture like our own that needs protection from
ISIS. It is harder for Christians to move around Iraq and Syria to even get the
chance to seek asylum.
"While
many more Muslims are granted asylum over here, Christians are being
systematically exterminated."
President
Obama has made bold claims to support refugee crises in Europe and protect
persecuted citizens in the Middle East.
IS
says it is waging war on Christians and leaves them few options apart from
converting or death.
US
policy says asylum seekers need to prove that they are being directly
persecuted.
The
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement has claimed that five of the group have
been charged with lying on their application forms because they did not admit
they owned German passports.
Those
criminally charged are Eva and Thamer Sadek Eshoa, Reta Marrogi, Valentina Adil
Slewa Zori and Devid Benjamen Nooh Yako.
Each
person faces a $250,000 fine (around £160,000) and could face five years in
jail.
The
remaining group, with family sponsors have been told to look to Germany and
Sweden.
Lisa
Jones told The Mail Online that: "They have family members, also
Christians, who are willing to take them in'
"It
used to be that that would be a huge help. It's not clear why they, of all
people, are being turned away while others are accepted."
