More than 3 thousands Yazidis leave Iraq monthly

MP of Yazidi religion in Kurdistan Alliance , Vian Dakhil announced on Wednesday that more than three thousand of the Yazidi religion are leaving Iraqon their way to Western countries because of the delayed liberalization of their areas of from the control of ISIS terrorist organization.

Dakhil said that "During the past few weeks, displacement and migration wave began by various means for young Yazidi people and families as more than 100 Yazidi people are leaving across the European west through Turkey."

She warned of " the risks of Yazidis migration from their historical areas in Iraq ", indicating that "we do not encourage anyone to immigrate at the same time we do not stand in front of any citizen or Yazidi family if taken decisive decision relating to their life and future."

Dakhil expressed regret that "many reasons are behind the recent wave of Yazidis immigration, the most prominent is the invasion of ISIS terrorists to their areas and dealing brutally with them by those gangs as they faced murder , captivity and trading, liberalization of the Yezidi areas in Sinjar anc Bashiqa was delayed, and the delay is unjustified in restoring services to the Yazidi liberated regions, the situation is tragic for the displaced in the Yazidis camps in Kurdistan, the escalation of the hardline Islamic religious across the Middle East and in Iraq in particular. "

She noted that "as we warn of the risk of continued of Yezidi immigration, which includes a few thousand of them a day, we call on the competent authorities to speed up the liberalization of the rest of the Yazidi areas from ISIS terrorist gangs, and speed up the rehabilitation of the infrastructure of the liberated areas."

She appealed "countries that Yezidis migrate to them to provide them with the necessary humanitarian aid according to international treaties and conventions, calling Yazidis to be patient and stay in their regions to prevent schemes against them and their future. "

It is worth mentioning that the Human Rights Commission in Iraq, has estimated that the number of abducted Yazidis by "ISIS" is about five thousand, 1640 were able to escape since ISIS organization controlled their areas in Nineveh province in mid of last year.



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