European Court of Human Rights Council of Europe Date: 24/04/2017 I am writing this letter on behalf of Iraqi’s and Kurdish refugees currently detained in UK detention centres. As you are aware more than 50 Iraqi’s and Kurdish people have been arrested and are being held in different detention centres …
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An open letter to King Abdullah II to stop Royal Jordanian airline deporting Iraqi and Kurdish refugees
I am writing on behalf of the Iraqi and Kurdish community to complain about Royal Jordanian airlines allowing their charter flights to be used by the British state to forcibly deport people back to Iraq.
Read More »Asylum seeker is gagged and locked in a toilet while sent back to a war zone
Around 30 asylum seekers have reportedly been rounded up and detained in facilities across the UK ahead of mass deportation plans. And an alleged series of recent events, including the gagging and confinement of one asylum seeker in an aeroplane toilet, makes this scenario even more concerning.
Read More »letter from Dashty Jamal Secretary of the International Federation of Iraqi Refugees to Home Secretary
R t Hon Amber Rudd MP Home Office 2 Marsham Street London SW1P 4DF Amber Rudd Date:13/04/2017 The International Federation of Iraqi Refugees (IFIR) called a demonstration outside the Home Office on Thursday 13th April to protest at the arrest of more than 30 Iraqi and Kurdish asylum seekers. We were …
Read More »Families of Iraqis threatened with deportation by Britain speak out
It appears to be in preparation for a deportation flight. While Britain is still at war in Iraq, it insists that it’s safe to deport refugees to a war zone. Samir Mohammad, who has been in Britain for 17 years, is one of them. He’s lived in Sheffield with his …
Read More »Demonstration against forcible deportation to Iraq
On Thursday 13th April, the International Federation of Iraqi Refugees (IFIR) held a picket in front of the Home Office in London. The protest was against the arrest and detention of 30 Iraqi and Kurdish asylum seekers. Those arrested have lived in the UK for as long as 17 years, and one …
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IFIR press release: Refugee to be deported as Britain set for first mass deportation to Iraq since 2011
10 April 2017 An Iraqi refugee is due to be deported this evening, as part of the first mass deportation to Iraq since 2011. Campaigners are condemning the action, and organising protests. Aras Ismail was taken from his cell this morning and informed that he would be deported later today. He …
Read More »Demonstration against mass deportation flight to Iraq Thursday 13th April
from 5pm -7pm at Home Office, 2 Marsham St, London, SW1P 4DF (Closest Tube stations: Westminster; St James Park; Pimlico. Closest Train stations: Victoria; Waterloo; Vauxhall) No deportations to Iraq!
Read More »IFIR press release: Iraqi asylum seekers refuse interviews by Iraqi embassy in detention centre
5April 2017 Twelve Iraqi asylum seekers in Colnbrook detention centre contacted IFIR this morning they said we were called by an immigration officer into an interview with three Iraqi officials and one UKBA official, but we refused to meet the Iraqi officials.
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