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Poland to offer safe haven to 60 Syrian Christian families
Help to Christians who are 'persecuted in a barbaric way'
26 May, 17:45
(ANSA/AP) - WARSAW - Poland's Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz says the country will take in 60 Christian families fleeing violence in Syria.
Kopacz said Tuesday that "for a start" 60 families with children will be brought to Poland. More could follow later.
She said that Poland, a Christian nation should "quickly react" and offer help to Christians who are "persecuted in a barbaric way in Syria." The decision follows accusations by Andrzej Duda, who won Poland's presidential election this weekend, that the government has been slow in offering help to Syrians.
A Polish-Syrian organization has been seeking permission for months to bring in some 300 Christian families from violence-torn Syria. (ANSA/AP).
