Aid groups scramble to assist influx of Iraqi refugees
At least 20 new families arriving every week since October, when Christians began fleeing Mosul amid a wave of killings, death threats
By Agence France Presse (AFP)
Saturday, November 29, 2008
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Aid groups are scrambling to deal with an influx of Iraqi Christians who have been pouring into Lebanon to escape a wave of killings against their community back home. "The number of Christian Iraqis who are coming to us for help has dramatically increased in the last few months," said Isabelle Saade Feghali of the aid organization Caritas.
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