Dozens of Iraqi Christians in Lebanon protested in central Beirut in February, demanding that the UN should grant them quicker resettlement abroad.
Between 150 and 200 demonstrators gathered outside a UN building, carrying placards that read: ‘the future of our children is wasted’ and ‘our only demand is to [go] to countries that respect humans,’ among others.
Lebanon has received thousands of Iraqis as violence intensified in their home country. Iraqi Christians have sought refuge in multi-faith Lebanon, especially since Islamic State seized Christian-majority areas of Iraq in 2014.
