Yazidi woman enslaved by Islamic State relocates to Germany months after rescue

[Ajay0]

A yazidi woman who survived abuse from ISIS and rescued from Gaza, arrived at Germany on on Tuesday, February 18.

https://www.voanews.com/a/yazidi-woman-enslaved-by-islamic-state-relocates-to-germany-months-after-rescue/7979829.html

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Hagemann, who is also a Yazidi, told VOA the uncertainty has taken a psychological toll on many Yazidi asylum-seekers who fled Iraq due to persecution. While the exact number of deported Yazidis remains unclear, she estimated that at least five have been sent back to Iraq and the Kurdistan region.

"Those Yazidis want to build their new life and integrate, even though some of them find it hard to learn a new language because of their trauma," Hagemann said. "Unfortunately, most of them are not as lucky as Fawzia to be supported, and [they] decide to come to Germany illegally, where they face deportation and have been held in captivity for years."

In January 2023, the German Bundestag [parliament] passed a resolution that recognized Islamic State's crimes against Yazidis as genocide. Since then, the federal states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Schleswig-Holstein have enacted laws to protect Yazidi asylum-seekers from deportation.

Hagemann argued that allowing Yazidi survivors, particularly those who have been victims of rape, to remain in Germany would provide them with a chance to heal — an opportunity, she said, they cannot find in Iraq.

"We have been able to schedule a therapy session for Fawzia on Thursday, just two days after her arrival in Germany, to enable her start a self-determining life again," Hagemann said.

 

 

The UN, European parliament, Swiss and German parliaments have recognized the ISIS crimes against the Yazidis as genocide.

https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/12/swiss-parliament-recognizes-isis-crimes-against-yazidis-as-genocide/

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Switzerland joins several other countries and bodies, including the European Parliament and a United Nations Commission of Inquiry, in recognizing the ISIS crimes against Yazidis as genocide. The National Assembly of Armenia,the Australian parliament, the Canadian parliament, the United States House of Representatives and the United Kingdom are all considering motions on the Yazidi genocide.

 

[LordFall]

Appalling. We have actually more people living in modern slavery today(50 million) than at any other point in human history. It must keep being exposed and superior systems of governance and freedom technology must put an end to this. 

[Apparition of Jack]

Seeking refuge is a human right. Remind asshats of this every time they complain about asylum seekers.