Yezidi girl declines asylum offer from French president

10-09-2015
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A young Kurdish Yezidi woman who escaped torture at the hands of the Islamic State, or ISIS, was met by French President Francois Hollande,

The French president offered to allow the girl to stay in France, but she declined the offer. She called on Hollande and the rest of the international community to take serious steps in order to save the thousands of Yezidi girls who are captured by ISIS militants following the brutal invasion of the Mount Shingal area in August, 2014.


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