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Uncertainties for Christians in Iraq

4/08/2015 Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Iraq, Iraq, Middle East & North Africa by Caritas Communications

Many people ask me about the conditions and lives of Christians in Iraq. I don't wish to be pessimistic, but unfortunately the situation is going from bad to worse: bombing, car bombs, suicide bombings, rape, torture, kidnapping and robbery are just some of the agents of death used by ISIS.

Bleak future for Iraqi refugees in Jordan

19/06/2015 Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Middle East & North Africa, Migration, Peacebuilding, Refugees by Caritas Communications

Jordan hosts 1.4 million Syrians, 500,000 Iraqis, and 500,000 Palestinians, in addition to 35,000 Yemeni. Caritas Jordan provides food, shelter, medical care, counselling, education and other aid. The numbers in need are overwhelming, but every refugee helped is a victory.

Photos from Iraq one year after fall of Mosul

19/06/2015 Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Iraq, Iraq, Middle East & North Africa by Caritas Communications

A photo story on the Christian, Yazidi and other religious minorities who fled persecution last June to Kurdistan, where they're in desperate need of help.

Harsh life for Iraqis in Kurdistan

26/03/2015 Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Iraq, Iraq, Middle East & North Africa, Migration, Refugees by Caritas Communications

Caritas has decided to help the isolated families in remote locations up to the Syrian border, where often no one is aware of the needs of displaced persons, and where almost no agency can get to.

Iraqi Christians fleeing persecution arrive in Lebanon with nothing

13/03/2015 Blog, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Middle East & North Africa, Migration, Refugees, Syria by Caritas Communications

Caritas centres have seen an increase in the numbers of Iraqi refugees arriving in Lebanon in need of support since ISIS (Daech) extremists swept across northern Iraq in 2014.

Four years of war in Syria have left Middle East in ruins

12/03/2015 Conflicts and Disasters, Egypt, Emergencies, Emergencies in Syria, Europe, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East & North Africa, Peacebuilding, Syria, Turkey by Caritas Communications

Four years of war have left Syria in ruins, millions of people have fled and the violence has spread across the region. Caritas is providing aid to 1.2 million people.

Hard life of wait for Calais migrants

2/03/2015 Africa, Eritrea, Europe, France, Iraq, Middle East & North Africa, Migration, Refugees, Sudan, Syria, Trafficking by Caritas Communications

Calais is a dead end for many migrants. They arrive there hoping to get into Britain, where they think they will get work.

Winter help for Iraqis fleeing persecution

19/12/2014 Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Iraq, Iraq, Middle East & North Africa by Caritas Communications

Families in Zakho receive vouchers to buy $37 (€30) worth of winter clothes, which usually affords them a jacket, trousers and a pair of shoes. Hoerz said families were able to supplement this with donated second hand clothes.

Bleak Christmas for Iraqi Christians

19/12/2014 Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Iraq, Iraq, Middle East & North Africa by Caritas Communications

Caritas has been providing food, clothing, heaters, blankets and winterizing some of homes for around 10,000 Christians, Yazidis and Muslims in Iraq.

Vatican Radio teams up with Caritas Jordan

19/12/2014 Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Middle East & North Africa, Migration, Refugees, Syria by Caritas Communications

In a series of blogs, Vatican Radio’s Tracey McClure looks at the challenges facing Jordanian society and the toll that the Syrian war is exacting on some of the region’s most vulnerable.