25 November 2019 IFIR Press Release International Federation of Iraqi Refugees (IFIR) was informed by Mr Karwan that he and his pregnant wife and two children (who are only three and one years old) have been held in Zurich airport since the 12 October 2019. Mr Karwan is very unwell …
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IFIR press release:THE BODIES OF39 REFUGEES FOUND IN LORRY CONTAINER
23 October 2019 39 bodies were found inside a truck at Waterglade Industrial Park near Grays Essex at 01.40 on Wednesday morning. The people are believed to be refugees who were seeking safety in the UK. The truck is believed to have docked in the UK at 1230am Purfleet a …
Read More »Stop besieging the Makhmour Camp
After the killing of Osman Kosa, an employee at the Turkish consulate working at the Iran desk of Turkey’s national spy agency on 17th July 2019 in the Huqqabaz restaurant in Arbil.The security forces of Arbil are besieging the Makhmour Camp of refugees for more than a month now.
Read More »“fight for a socialist EU with a socialist platform for Equal citizenship for every one” Dashty Jam
“fight for a socialist EU with a socialist platform for Equal citizenship forevery one” Dashty Jamal speech at protest Defend Migrants Defend free movement 4 September 2019 The working class have no country. We cannot take from them what they have not got. United action of all leading civilised countries …
Read More »Remembrance seminar for murdered journalist Widad Hussein
INternational federation of Iraqi Refugees (IFIR) held a seminar on the 8 August to commemorate the third anniversary of Widad Hussein’s murder. The event was hosted by Dashty Jamal IFIR secretary. IFIR invited two speakers from Kurdistan Diari Mhamed head of the Metro centre and Kurdish Journalist Zhalla Muhammad.
Read More »IFIR support children in refugee camps in Kurdistan
IFIR support children in refugee camps in Kurdistan At 31 July 2019 IFIR Kurdistan Branch distributed shoes to refugee children at Arbat Camp in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq. 290 children received shoes and slippers.
Read More »Reaffirming the Declaration of Refugee Rights
On the international Day of Refugees: 20th of June has been chosen by the UN since 1951 as the International day of refugees. This year, as we commemorate this event, the world witnesses the various atrocities from which people are fleeing and end up being refugees. War, lack of security, militarised …
Read More »The Finnish Government is responsible for the loss of Mr Fareidun Afsaji’s life.
On the late afternoon of Friday 26th April, Kurdish police forces in the City of Raniye in the Northern city of Kurdistan was alerted by the hotel “Bethoween” about an incident. The police found Mr Afsaji’s strangled body and pronounced him dead at the scene. This tragedy happened in a time that …
Read More »An urgent letter on the dreadful life situation of the refugees in Turkey
Antonio Guterres The Secretary of United Nations – Klaus Welle The General Secretary of the European Union Parliament An urgent letter on the dreadful life situation of the refugees in Turkey , Date: 16/04/2019 I am writing to complain about the conditions the Syrian and Iraqi refugees …
Read More »Avan’s murderer charged.
Avan had moved several times prior to her murder in Stoke in Trent to try and get away from her husband a failed asylum seeker. Avan was found face down in her kitchen stabbed 33 times. Dana Abdullah pleaded guilty to Avan’s murder and was given a life sentence. The Judge said …
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