![Laureate of the Nobel Peace Prize and Iraqi Yazidi Nadia Murad gives a speech during a commemoration ceremony in Stuttgart, southern Germany, on August 3, 2019. The Central Yazidi Council in Germany commemorates the 5th anniversary of the genocide of the Yazidi in August 2014 when fighters of the Islamic State (IS) killed thousands of Yazidi in Iraq. / AFP / THOMAS KIENZLE](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/IOVWKVIQZMPFTYTZGEXVE5TGUM.jpg?smart=true&auth=02f629099e526ca46705c902e747adc01cc8824c4e251e105acd6c10b79af03b&width=400&height=225)
French President Emmanuel Macron reportedly promised Nadia Murad he would give refuge to 100 Yazidi families.
French President Emmanuel Macron reportedly promised Nadia Murad he would give refuge to 100 Yazidi families.
France grants refuge to 31 Yazidi families after presidential intervention
It came following a promise by Emmanuel Macron to Nobel Peace Prize winner Nadia Murad