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Protection Care: St Century and Daesh Jihadists

protection care: The UN has declared it genocide, and the Canadian government has followed suit, according to Toronto Star. Two years after the attack, however, Ottawa response to the Yazidis' plight remains sluggish, as the immigration department struggles to meet its pledge to bring in and resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees. Thu., Aug. 4, 2016 On Aug. 3, 2014, Iraq Yazidi minority was attacked by Daesh jihadists and subjected to some of the worst atrocities of the 21st century. Only a small trickle of Yazidis has been able to enter Canada. This is at a time when the UN commission investigating Daesh human rights abuses against the Yazidis has raised the alarm that the genocide is ongoing, and made an urgent plea for their rescue, protection and care. Although the department says it is putting plans in place to process government-assisted and privately sponsored refugee cases from northern Iraq -- where tens of thousands of vulnerable Yazidis are sheltering in precarious conditions -- its plans include only Syrian refugees. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.