First I would like to thank the Islington Refugee Forum for inviting me to speak to you today on behalf of the IFIR; I am going to speak about the new wave of refugees from Middle East as refugees, not as migrants. And, accordingly explain why they should be accepted …

20 October 2015   Refugee boat sinking mother and 5 children drown off Greek Coast Muhammad Ahmad Father of the children told IFIR by phone”I fled from Kirkuk-North of Iraq on 10 of October with my family my wife and five children. We paid 12 thousand dollar and from Turkey Bodrum.  We were …

On Wednesday the 30th of September 2015 at the request of Consulate General of the United States of America in Erbil, representatives from IFIR visited their office. The representatives consisted of Dashty Jamal – The IFIR Secretary and Ari Jalal  -Sulaimaniya Branch representative. At their meeting, Dashty Jamal and Ari …

Ali Kareem from centre of IRC The Verne, Portland, Dorset detention centre contacted IFIR to report that he has been given a ticket to be returned to Iraq  on 23 October 2015 .  Ali has been given a ticket from Royal Jordanian airlines to be flown to Amman and then …

IFIR calls upon the UN to take responsibility for the lives of displaced people. The UN must provide daily necessities of the refugees. We also request that the UN ask countries where refugees have sought asylum to recognise them as refugees. At the same time we ask the humanitarian and …

Press Conference holds in Erbil City. The press conference composed of IFIR, Department of Foreign Relations, Department of Migration & Displaced of Kurdistan Regional Government and Human Rights Organization.

IFIR works to support Iraqi and Kurdish refugees returned from EU countries to build their lives in Kurdistan and Iraq and integrate again into society. IFIR is a democratic, human rights organisation. We consider that human rights are universal and they can not be limited by geography, gender, culture, religion, …

  Demonstration held in Sulaymaniyah in support of refugees On Sunday 13 September the following organizations International Federation of Iraqi refugees kurdistan branch , Center to defend children rights in Kurdistan and Kurds refugee council in Suleymaniyah held a Demonstration at mid-day in barika camp in Sulaymaniyah. The demonstration was …

Urgent attention Nazam Kazam  and his family must be release  Date:18-9-2015  My name is Dashty Jamal Secretary of International Federation of Iraqi Refugees.  I am writing to you on behalf of the International Federation of Iraqi Refugees (IFIR) on behalf of Nazam Kazam and his family. (Full details above).

Amanj Abdulla representative of the Kurdistan branch IFIR confirmed that 11 of the 19 Kurdish victims from the lorry found in Vienna were received in Erbil International Airport. Further to this he reported that he was informed that there were 71 victims in the lorry of which 19 were Kurdish.  …