Nadim Nassar is the
only Church of England priest in Syria, and is well positioned to describe what
is currently going on there. In this CBC interview earlier this month with Michael Enright in Toronto, he lays out some of the causes behind
mass migration. Though many surging through the countries of Europe toward
Germany do not originate in Syria, it is the refugee component that gives this “immi-vasion”
its media credibility and moral authority.
It’s a complex issue
and believers all over the world are interested in what’s happening to their
brothers and sisters in Syria, because Syrian Christians are among those most
impacted by the civil war in their home country.