Iraqi Christian Samer Younan who lives in Lebanon holds a cross during a sit-in, in front of the United Nations Headquarters demanding speeding up their immigration cases in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, Feb. 13, 2017. Thousands of Christians from Iraq and Syria have fled violence in their country and sought refuge in Lebanon, a religiously-mixed country. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) (The Associated Press)
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February
13, 2017
BEIRUT
– Dozens of Iraqi Christians have marched outside the U.N. regional
headquarters in Beirut, demanding the speeding up of their resettlement process.
Thousands
of Iraqi Christians have fled the fighting in their country to seek refuge in
religiously-mixed Lebanon. Many of them are waiting for resettlement in a third
country.
Some
200 Iraqis took part in Monday's march. One banner said: "The future of
our children is wasted."
There
are no official statistics of Iraqi refugees in Lebanon but their number is
believed to be in the tens of thousands. They include large numbers of Iraqi
Christians who believe they will find safety among Lebanon's Christian
communities.
U.S.
President Donald Trump's executive order, which seeks to restrict citizens of
seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States, includes Iraq.
Iraqi Christians who live in Lebanon hold placards as they chant slogans during a sit-in, in front of the United Nations Headquarters demanding speeding up their immigration cases in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, Feb. 13, 2017. Thousands of Christians from Iraq and Syria have fled violence in their country and sought refuge in Lebanon, a religiously-mixed country. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) (The Associated Press)
Iraqi Christians who live in Lebanon hold placards during a sit-in, in front of the United Nations Headquarters demanding speeding up their immigration cases in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, Feb. 13, 2017. Thousands of Christians from Iraq and Syria have fled violence in their country and sought refuge in Lebanon, a religiously-mixed country. The placard in Arabic reads "Oppressed." (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) (The Associated Press)
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