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Developers in Baghdad backed by the Militia ordered the evacuation of Assyrian refugees from their shelter

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Member of the Chaldo-Assyrian students and youth union Sargis Youkhanna

More than 120 refugee families who fled the ISIS attacks on Assyrian villages in northern Iraq and have been sheltered in a complex in Baghdad have been ordered to evacuate the premises to develop a commercial building


Nassem Sadiq spoke to Mr Sargis Youkhanna, member of the executive committee of the Chaldo-Assyrian Students and Youth Union and member of the office of the Secretary-General of Assyrian Democratic Movement about the evacuation orders issued to the ADM office in a complex in Baghdad that also shelters 120 refugee families who fled their villages in 2014 when ISIS started attacking their villages and were forced to flee to Baghdad.

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The temporary cabinets housing the refugees who are under the evacuation orders

Now and under the pressure and the backing of the militia in Baghdad, a developer has obtained evacuation orders from the government, ordering the evacuation of the complex to rebuild a commercial building instead.

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Residents of the complex in desperation to find new shelter

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