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Religious leaders discussed integration and migration in the Commission (Photo: European Commission)

'Secular' EU told of Christian suffering in Middle East

by Eszter Zalan, BRUSSELS, ERBIL,

European religious leaders expressed concern over the Christian communities' plight in the Middle East, as representatives of all European religions met with EU commissioners in Brussels on Tuesday (29 November).

"They [Christians] need support, material support, concrete support and a safe place," Bishop Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, chairman of the council of the Evangelical Church in Germany, said at a press conference.

He recalled his trip to nothern Iraq two years ago, when Isis...

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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

Religious leaders discussed integration and migration in the Commission (Photo: European Commission)

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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

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