(15 Oct 08 - RV) Some 140 Iraqi refugees living in Syria headed home today on a free
trip organized by the Iraqi government, citing improved security in their country.
The Iraqi Embassy says it is planning several such trips in the coming weeks. A significant
number of Iraqi refugees are Christian. Several thousand have also fled the Arab
south of the country for the relatively safer Kurdish north. This is causing tensions
with the majority Muslim Kurds, who had already been accused of stepping on the rights
of the areas native Christian minority. Catholic MP Edward Leigh on return from visit
to northern Iraq with Jubilee Campaign. He told us the situation of the Christians
in the region...