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Mass Murder: Isil Militants and Refugee Camps

mass murder: McCallum says his department has dispatched people to the region to begin the immigration process, although he hasn't committed to a set number of Yazidi refugees, according to CTV. He says, though, that they are a priority for the government. He says the Liberals will support a Conservative motion calling for more support for the Yazidis, who have been singled out for particularly brutal treatment by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. One problem has been that the Yazidis have been mainly caught up in isolated combat zones, far from the refugee camps in Syria and Turkey which allow far easier access to officials seeking to screen and process newcomers. They have been targeted by ISIL militants, who have used rape, torture and mass murder against them. The Yazidis are a Kurdish-speaking religious minority who used to dwell mainly in northern Iraq. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.