by AP BEIRUT –  Dozens of Iraqi Christians
have marched outside the U.N. regional headquarters in Beirut, demanding
the speeding up of their resettlement process. Thousands of Iraqi Christians have fled the fighting
in their country to seek refuge in religiously-mixed Lebanon. Many of
them are waiting for resettlement in a third country. Some 200 Iraqis took part in Monday’s march. One banner said: “The future of our children is wasted.” There are no official statistics of Iraqi refugees in
Lebanon but their number is believed to be in the tens of thousands.
They include large numbers of Iraqi Christians who believe they will
find safety among Lebanon’s Christian communities. U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order, which
seeks to restrict citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries from
entering the United States, includes Iraq.