Diaspora community · Germany
Baden-Württemberg
The German state whose special quota programme brought over a thousand Yazidi women and children survivors to safety.
Overview
About Baden-Württemberg
The state of Baden-Württemberg, centred on Stuttgart, ran a Special Admission Programme in 2015 and 2016 that brought more than a thousand Yazidi women and children — survivors of ISIS captivity — to Germany for protection and specialist care.
The programme became one of the most widely discussed humanitarian responses to the genocide and is documented further in the Genocide, Displacement & Justice and Diaspora sections.
Diaspora communities are described at the level of city or country. Estimates vary widely between sources, so ranges and named sources are preferred over single headline figures.
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References for this place
This entry is an editorial synthesis of the references below, chosen for the place type. It reproduces no restricted or copyrighted text and should be expanded only after specialist review.
The Yezidis
Saqi, 2005, with later fieldwork on persecution, displacement, and ritual change. Used for contemporary community and displacement context.
The Religion of the Peacock Angel
Routledge, 2014. Reference for the Yazidis of the Caucasus — Armenia, Georgia, and the communities that spread into Russia.
“Yazidis i. General,” Encyclopaedia Iranica
Specialist overview of Yazidi history, geography, community, and identity across the homeland, the Caucasus, and the diaspora.