Iraq Canada: Canadian Press and Sex Slave

iraq canada: The Canadian Press By Lee Berthiaume The Canadian Press Wed., Feb. 22, 2017 DOHUK, IRAQ Canada's promise to resettle hundreds of Yazidis by the end of the year is being welcomed in Iraq, where Yazidi women and girls have endured horrific abuse and persecution at the hands of Daesh, also known as ISIS and ISIL. Among those who have greeted the news with open arms is Saud Khalid, who was kidnapped by Daesh in August 2014 and sold as a sex slave three times before escaping after a year in captivity.UN officials recently interviewed the 23-year-old about going to Canada and she's hoping she and her young son will be among the 1,200 Yazidis and other Daesh survivors accepted by the Liberal government, according to Toronto Star. We wish to go and live in Canada because here our situation is not good in general, she said through a translator on Wednesday. Conservative MP Michelle Rempel praised the move as smart public policy. We live in bad conditions and we want to go. And my hope is if my relatives still being held by ISIL, if they escape, I want them to also join me in Canada. If they take me to Canada, I will never come back. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.