Belgium accepts Syrian Christian refugees
Published: July 8th, 2015
Belgium has accepted around 240 refugees, most of them Christians, from the Syrian city of Aleppo.
Before the war the city was home to around 160,000 Christians. Fierce fighting has taken place around the city over the last three years. In recent weeks, IS has launched a new assault on the surrounding area. Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali and others have repeatedly called for western countries to do more to safeguard the place of Christians in Syria and Iraq.
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