Bashar Warda of the Chaldean Catholic Church has been explaining how the situation for displaced Christians is improving but the mass exodus of refugees to Europe is making his job of asking people to stay harder.
Speaking to charity Aid to the Church in Need, he said: "Last year we had 13,500 registered Christian refugee families in our archdiocese. Now there are only about 10,000 left. This means that more than 3,000 families have left Iraq."
Discussing how many have found refuge in countries across Europe, he said: "Of course it does not make our work convincing the people to stay any easier."
Archbishop Bashar claims the humanitarian situation has improved there. He said: "Thanks to our partners, the humanitarian situation has in the meantime been stabilised.
"No one has to live in tents anymore, as they did last year. The majority is now living in caravans or in flats we have rented."
More than £7.9 million has been sent to the region by the Aid to the Church in Need to fund projects. The money has been used to rent living quarters for the people, build schools and provide food.