From Australia-The Abbott government is considering offering refuge to as many as 4000 Iraqis and Syrians after the new Anglican Primate of Australia, Philip Freier, called for asylum in Australia for Christians facing slaughter in northern Iraq.
Dr Freier, Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne, said he had written to Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Immigration Minister Scott Morrison asking that they emulate France in offering refuge to Christians facing forced conversion to Islam or death.
Dr Freier was joined in his plea by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend Justin Welby, for urgent help to those fleeing the murderous organisation Islamic State, formerly known as ISIL.
Archbishop Welby, who called on the British government last week to offer asylum to Iraqi Christians, said that what was happening in northern Iraq was ''off the scale of human horror''.
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http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/australia-could-take-4000-iraqi-and-syrian-refugees-as-church-leaders-urge-abbott-government-protection-for-christians-20140813-103kx3.html
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