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Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Georgia's Yezidi Kurds heading for Poland in record numbers


ECMI says that the recent flow of mostly Yezidi Kurdish migrants from Georgia threatens this community.

Poland has seen a dramatic rise in asylum applications by Georgian citizens this year. About 4,000 Georgian Kurdish citizens requested asylum in Poland between April and November 2009, ten times more than in the previous 8 years put together.

Read more:  http://www.kurdishglobe.net/displayArticle.jsp?id=2FFB27865134785A0E55B52ADB98A8EB