Sweden’s Södertälje shelters Christian refugees from Syria and Iraq:
Robert Kouki and his family fled northern Syria. They are safe now in Sweden, in the town of Södertälje. The industrial centre is well known among the Christian minorities fleeing Syria and Iraq: 30,000 of its 90,000 inhabitants have roots in the Middle East. Since autumn of last year Sweden has given permanent residence permits to a growing number of Syrian refugees. Robert and his family were welcomed by Ayoub Stefan, the Syrian-Orthodox priest at Saint Gabriel, one out of six Assyrian churches in the town. The family fled their home-town Al-Hasakah where Robert, a successful entrepreneur and IT engineer, left behind his computer business.In the coming months more Christian refugees are expected to arrive in Södertälje – from Syria but also from Iraq.“Our people who come from Iraq as Christians, they are suffering so much. If there is no government, if there is no civilization system, it is difficult for Christians to live there. We have so many people killed,” Stefan told euronews.
“To get to Sweden I had to pay the traffickers more than 12,000 euros,” Robert claimed".
“To get to Sweden I had to pay the traffickers more than 12,000 euros,” Robert claimed".
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