Cousins yézidies met in Winnipeg

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Of refugees yazidis in 2015.

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Sunday, February 4, 2018 18:11

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The chance made that cousins yézidies who have fled the armed group islamic State of Iraq are found in Winnipeg, where they try to resume their lives.

Laila Mishko and Hari Moussa have been separated in the month of August 2014 when the armed group islamic State attacked their village in northern Iraq. Ms. Moussa, who was then pregnant, was captured with his boy while Mrs. Mishko has fled to the mountains of Sinjar.

“I didn’t know that Laila was here, or even other person that we know of, has entrusted to Hari Moussa on Saturday, CTV News. It is good to have a member of his family to welcome you and to tell you that it’s going to go well. The dust settles and all will be well.”

After having escaped the clutches of the jihadists, Ms. Moussa has been supported by the system of the refugee camps. Thanks to the help of the canadian government, she arrived just recently in Manitoba, with her children, her sister and other refugees yezidis.

“I couldn’t believe it when I learned that my cousins were here,” said Laila Mishko, who hope that their presence will help to build a new life in Winnipeg.

Mrs. Mishko came to Manitoba in December 2016 through Operation Ezra, a community-based initiative that helps members of the yezidi community with the view to coming to Canada. Today, nearly 450 members of this ethno-religious live elsewhere in Winnipeg.

Operation Ezra was taken of the refugee camps, where she had ended up after having escaped from the group islamic State. To do this, she had to hide for seven days in the mountain where there was no water and food.

“Hundreds of children and elderly died of starvation or dehydration. Several committed suicide and others were killed in the road,” she told CTV News.

The fact of being separate from his own was a hard test. “This is the most difficult thing to be separated from the people of the village and members of my family,” said Laila Mishko.