France has offered to grant asylum to 150 Iraqi Christians, with the priority going to those wounded in last week's siege on a Baghdad church, in which 46 hostages including two priests were killed.
The first batch of 36 Iraqis wounded in the Baghdad church hostage crisis were due to arrive in France on Monday, said Eric Besson, the immigration minister.
France said it would help the most seriously wounded, all but two of whom are Christians, soon after last Sunday's shoot-out, when Iraqi and US security forces stormed the Syriac Catholic cathedral during mass. More...
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