Citizenship and Immigration committee  I share the same thing. We have a homeland in Turkey and Iraq, and in Syria, but we are always on the move because of the persecution. Just as the Jewish people who have been all over the world, I think sometimes you don't have a choice. The Yazidis have no choice, and I think th

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, northern Iraq is safe. The civilian program has been done through that, so there is no problem. With the German program, people went to Dohuk in northern Iraq, and they were processed there. It is not an issue to go to northern Iraq and process the applications. As for how t

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We have to also think about the long-term solutions. We have to free or recapture all the areas, for example. We still have 30% to 40% under the control of ISIS. We have to have a safe zone, or international protection, or some sort of administrative and security parameters to en

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, there are only a few thousand Syrians.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, and we can facilitate that so that the government officials here should not have any problems going to the countries where Yazidis are. We can help you to go there. It's mostly safe in the countries where Yazidis are, and we have lists of the direct victims, to a certain ext

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I want to add to that answer, too, because it's very important. The smuggling networks or the brokers pay through third parties in some cases. This process requires a lot of money. When I went there a couple of times, I saw many women begging for money, going from tent to tent as

Citizenship and Immigration committee  First, if you talk about the overall solution in Iraq, it's becoming a proxy war now. The conflict needs to be depoliticized. We need to get rid of ISIS as soon as possible. There is the long-term solution and the short-term solution. I think we need to get on ISIS as soon as pos

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes. For example we have a database of 900 women. About 600 of them are still in Iraq. They're exactly like Nadia's case. We have databases for the orphans. We have a psychosocial centre where all these women come. We can create a list very quickly and provide it to you.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think that accepting vulnerable communities, groups, or individuals is the right approach to take. I think it will not hurt to say that those people were, for example, Christians, Yazidis, or whoever they are. I don't think this necessarily means that you are discriminating aga

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, it's flawed and it's unfair, and what is happening is unacceptable.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The truth is that not many Yazidis have been able to be processed through the whole refugee system. As you know, there are millions of refugees from all backgrounds. What we know as Yazidis is that not many Yazidis have been able to resettle, internationally. Initially about 65,0

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Well, when the Yazidis on August 3 were put on the road and, based on their religious identity, if they were Yazidi men they were killed and the children were taken into the training camps and the women were enslaved, I think it's unfair that the world would not look into the que

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Mr. Chair, honourable members of Parliament, ladies, and gentlemen, it's an honour for me to be here and to testify after a remarkable woman whom I have been with for the past seven months, and I see her tragedy every day. With every speech she gives, she gives some of her soul.