Hundreds of Yazidi families are divided between Iraq and Europe as their relatives seek a better life abroad
The brutal takeover of the Yazidi city of Shangal by ISIS in August 2014 has driven more than 400 families to different continents.
According to Jaafar Simo, head of the Yazidi Affairs Office in Duhok, many Yazidi families have at least one family member in Europe. According to Simo's office, more than 100,000 Yazidis have left for Europe since 2014.
In 2017, 1,088 Yazidis moved to Germany, of which 850 were rescued from ISIS captivity with the help of Simo's office.
Hazim Kacho and his wife emigrated to Germany in January 2019, taking only two sons with them, and the rest of the children could not be taken out. They had to return to Shangal in August of that year. They say it was difficult for them to live away from their children.
"We went to Germany, but decided to return, not because we didn't like it there, but because our children were here. We stayed there for seven months. It's very difficult to live without your children around and we came back because of the children because we couldn't take them out," he told Rudaw TV. Hazim and his wife Ghazal left their two sons in Germany.
According to the Mayor of Shangal, Mahma Khalil, most of those who leave Shangal for Europe and the West come from the towns and villages of Girozer, Sinune and Borkin.
Many Yazidis cannot leave the country to emigrate because they do not have the financial capacity to flee the country. Many people do not always want to leave their native places, because they will never have a normal life because of their ethnic and religious affiliation.
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Hundreds of Yazidi families are divided between Iraq and Europe as their relatives seek a better life abroad
The brutal takeover of the Yazidi city of Shangal by ISIS in August 2014 has driven more than 400 families to different continents.
According to Jaafar Simo, head of the Yazidi Affairs Office in Duhok, many Yazidi families have at least one family member in Europe. According to Simo's office, more than 100,000 Yazidis have left for Europe since 2014.
In 2017, 1,088 Yazidis moved to Germany, of which 850 were rescued from ISIS captivity with the help of Simo's office.
Hazim Kacho and his wife emigrated to Germany in January 2019, taking only two sons with them, and the rest of the children could not be taken out. They had to return to Shangal in August of that year. They say it was difficult for them to live away from their children.
"We went to Germany, but decided to return, not because we didn't like it there, but because our children were here. We stayed there for seven months. It's very difficult to live without your children around and we came back because of the children because we couldn't take them out," he told Rudaw TV. Hazim and his wife Ghazal left their two sons in Germany.
According to the Mayor of Shangal, Mahma Khalil, most of those who leave Shangal for Europe and the West come from the towns and villages of Girozer, Sinune and Borkin.
Many Yazidis cannot leave the country to emigrate because they do not have the financial capacity to flee the country. Many people do not always want to leave their native places, because they will never have a normal life because of their ethnic and religious affiliation.
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