Experts estimate that at present there are 50 million refugees in the world. I have drawn attention to the Muslims being persecuted in Myanmar (Burma) in recent months. Other groups being displaced from home and country include numerous Christians and Muslims fleeing atrocities in Iraq and Syria.  Indeed we pray for all those who suffer from these conflicts.

The broadcast, Welcoming Syrian Refugees – Asylum in Kurdistan, by the Deutsche Welle T.V. channel offers a sobering report on the work of Salah Ahmad and others in the Domiz Camp in the autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan, where Dr. Ahmad has set up a treatment center for Syrian refugees who are victims of human rights violations. This report and Somini Sengupta’s article, U.N. Reports Sharp Increase in Refugees as Civil Wars Cripple Nations, prompt us to ask, “What concrete efforts can we make to help?”