Iraqi Christians outraged by deportation from the United States

Twenty-seven Chaldean Christians from Iraq who were persecuted at home by Al-Qaida and the Islamic State wondered why the US immigration authorities decided to deport them from the country while President Obama is going to accept thousands of Muslim refugees from Syria . This was reported agency ChristianToday with reference to Fox News.

Nearly three dozen refugees, members of the Chaldean Catholic Church, in April attempted to enter Mexico from the United States and join the thriving community of Iraqi Christians in San Diego, California. Now the future of the refugees is unclear - the US authorities rejected their request for asylum on grounds of religious persecution.

“These are families that have broken up because of the persecution, and now the government does not allow them to reunite,” ChristianToday quotes the words of the priest of the Chaldean Catholic Cathedral of St. Peter in El Caillon, California.

“We do not understand why the doors are open for thousands of Muslims, but not for Christians,” said the priest.

About three dozen men, women and children were recognized as illegal immigrants and placed in a center for detainees in San Diego. Now 22 of them is denied to stay in the US and they are subject to deportation, the rest, most likely, waiting for the same verdict. Now they remain in custody while the US authorities are searching for a country that would agree to accept Chaldean refugees.

Christian defenders wonder why the US migration services are so harsh with the Chaldeans, whose only mistake is called “indistinct adherence to US immigration regulations.” It is especially noted that Christians will not become a burden for the state, since all the detainees have relatives in San Diego, which has long been one of the largest places of compact residence for Chaldeans in the country.

16 September State Department confirmedthat ten thousand Syrians intend to accept in 2016, but now the federal government’s plan has been confronted with tough opposition from state governments.

People rushed buy fake Syrian passports, because with them you can now get asylum in many developed countries.

Ранее it was reported that due to the influx of refugees, the countries of Europe covered the crisis. Since the beginning of the year, according to the UN, the border of the EU by sea and land has crossed about 330 000 refugees from countries in the Middle East, Africa and Afghanistan.