Yazidi woman relocates to Germany months after rescue from ISIS

Ajay0 · May 15, 2025

A yazidi woman was rescued from Gaza last October in a U.S.-led operation and arrived in Germany on Tuesday, February 18.

Yazidi woman enslaved by Islamic State relocates to Germany months after rescue

"Those Yazidis want to build their new life and integrate, even though some of them find it hard to learn a new language because of their trauma," Hagemann said. "Unfortunately, most of them are not as lucky as Fawzia to be supported, and [they] decide to come to Germany illegally, where they face deportation and have been held in captivity for years."

In January 2023, the German Bundestag [parliament] passed a resolution that recognized Islamic State's crimes against Yazidis as genocide. Since then, the federal states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Schleswig-Holstein have enacted laws to protect Yazidi asylum-seekers from deportation.

Hagemann argued that allowing Yazidi survivors, particularly those who have been victims of rape, to remain in Germany would provide them with a chance to heal — an opportunity, she said, they cannot find in Iraq.

"We have been able to schedule a therapy session for Fawzia on Thursday, just two days after her arrival in Germany, to enable her start a self-determining life again," Hagemann said.
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