As a survivor of a genocide, it is so difficult to sleep

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Im really frustrated with the government for its lack of support to me as a survivor of genocide, but at the same time so grateful to the British people for their kindness, says Majhor Abbdullah Hagi, an asylum-seeker in the UK.
As a member of the Yezidi religious minority, Majhor survived the genocide (recognized as such by the United Nations) that unfolded in his place of origin, Shingal in northern Iraq. His current situation is uncertain as he faces possible deportation back to Iraq. In the meantime, Majhor is not eligible for housing or other government support, and is unable to work or study.
One night in 2014, Isis attacked the area around Shingal and slaughtered 6,000 Yezidis, who the militant group considered infidels. The group kidnapped their children, seeking to indoctrinate them and force the women into service as sex slaves.It was a massive panic and everybody was shouting, and it was like gunfire everywhere and a lot of kids, disabled people, old people, Majhor says, as he recalls the events when Isis attacked his city. They separated women and children from the men, and they took the men to a different area where they killed them and put them in mass graves. Then they separated the women from their kids, [who they] used as future soldiers for Isis.
The Yezidis have been subjected to as many as 74 massacres over the centuries simply because of their religion. The ideology of those around them puts them at extreme risk of another genocide. Majhor says that the Yezidi people never harm anyone because we are not allowed, even if your enemy is attacking you and treating you badly. If you have a chance you have to treat them nicely. For him humanity should come before everything else.
For around 2 months, Majhor stayed in Calais, where it was very difficult to live as Yezidis. [The jungle] was divided into different groups “ Kurds, Turks, Afghans, Arab “ and the majority were Muslim. He describes how on one occasion he and his Yezidi friend were attacked by 50 camp inhabitants for not attending the mosque for prayer. After establishing that we were Yezidi by asking us questions about Islam, they put us in a caravan and beat us really badly. Then a big fire broke out. Thankfully the police and army were there, but these people told us they would return later to kill us.

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As a survivor of a genocide, it is so difficult to sleep

2020/01/56450-1579249073.jpg
Read: 1610     12:30     17 ЯНВАРЬ 2020    

Im really frustrated with the government for its lack of support to me as a survivor of genocide, but at the same time so grateful to the British people for their kindness, says Majhor Abbdullah Hagi, an asylum-seeker in the UK.
As a member of the Yezidi religious minority, Majhor survived the genocide (recognized as such by the United Nations) that unfolded in his place of origin, Shingal in northern Iraq. His current situation is uncertain as he faces possible deportation back to Iraq. In the meantime, Majhor is not eligible for housing or other government support, and is unable to work or study.
One night in 2014, Isis attacked the area around Shingal and slaughtered 6,000 Yezidis, who the militant group considered infidels. The group kidnapped their children, seeking to indoctrinate them and force the women into service as sex slaves.It was a massive panic and everybody was shouting, and it was like gunfire everywhere and a lot of kids, disabled people, old people, Majhor says, as he recalls the events when Isis attacked his city. They separated women and children from the men, and they took the men to a different area where they killed them and put them in mass graves. Then they separated the women from their kids, [who they] used as future soldiers for Isis.
The Yezidis have been subjected to as many as 74 massacres over the centuries simply because of their religion. The ideology of those around them puts them at extreme risk of another genocide. Majhor says that the Yezidi people never harm anyone because we are not allowed, even if your enemy is attacking you and treating you badly. If you have a chance you have to treat them nicely. For him humanity should come before everything else.
For around 2 months, Majhor stayed in Calais, where it was very difficult to live as Yezidis. [The jungle] was divided into different groups “ Kurds, Turks, Afghans, Arab “ and the majority were Muslim. He describes how on one occasion he and his Yezidi friend were attacked by 50 camp inhabitants for not attending the mosque for prayer. After establishing that we were Yezidi by asking us questions about Islam, they put us in a caravan and beat us really badly. Then a big fire broke out. Thankfully the police and army were there, but these people told us they would return later to kill us.

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