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Iraq crisis: talking to the Yazidi refugees
Displaced people from the minority Yazidi sect fleeing violence in Iraq take refuge in camps across Dohuk. Channel 4 News has been on the ground speaking to the refugees.
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Displaced people from the minority Yazidi sect fleeing violence in Iraq take refuge in camps across Dohuk. Channel 4 News has been on the ground speaking to the refugees.
The Sinjar mountain range is over 45 miles long. Are the Americans saying that the refugees are not spread out any more but have been moved into a concentrated area where they can be counted?
It appears there are fewer civilians trapped on Mount Sinjar than previously feared, and Channel 4 hears they may be intending to stay there. So where have thousands of other displaced Yazidis gone?
In northern Iraq, the UN estimates that some 30,000 Yazidi refugees are on the move – driven from their homes and villages by the Islamic State fighters. And many of them want to flee Iraq for good.
One man was punched back and I found myself dragging dehydrated children to the back of the aid helicopter for safety.
Watch the dramatic scenes as a military helicopter rescues Yazidis fleeing Islamic State forces in northern Iraq. Report by Jonathan Rugman, filming by Philippa Collins.
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