On the night of Thursday 9 September 2018 34 people, mostly refugees  from Iraqi Kurdistan, died after their boat  sank in the Aegean Sea off the Karaburun peninsular in the Turkish province of Izmir.

Open letter to Mr Masud Barzani, the President of Kurdistan Democratic Party and Mr Nechervan Barzani Deputy President  Gentlemen,  It has been approximately three years since an Australian family decided to return to Iraq. The family’s decision to return to Iraq was supported by the mother’s father, AZAD MIRAN, who …

UK Government continues to detain Iraqi Asylum seekers  The UK Government continues to threaten Iraqi and Kurdish nationals with forcible deportation and continues to detain them for long periods in detention centres. IFIR has received the following appeals from detainees held in Colnbrook & Harmondsworth,detention centres.

The International Federation of Iraqi Refugees’ (IFIR) publishes its demands for World Refugee Day United Nations’ World Refugee Day has been held on 20 June every year since 2001, the 50th anniversary of the UN’s 1951 Refugee Convention. World Refugee Day commemorates the strength, courage and perseverance of millions of …

1 June 2018  IFIR Press Release;  IFIR calls for international action to end violence and overcrowding in Greece’s refugee camps  Following recent racist violence at a refugee camp in Greece, the International Federation of Iraqi Refugees (IFIR) calls for the governments of Greece, European Union countries, UNHCR and other international …

  PCS support letter

  Dana Mhamed Abdula, an Iraqi Kurd, is currently on hunger strike in Colebrook Detention centre. Dana, a 34 year old father, has been living in the UK for 17 years and has 4 children here. He has been repeatedly refused refugee status. On Thursday morning, Dana stitched his mouth …

5 May 2017  Appeal to stop the forcible deportation of Assan Yaba Assan 6PM tomorrow 6 May. Assan is threatened with forced deportation tomorrow, 6 May, at 18:00 from Heathrow Airport to Baghdad on a Turkish Airlines flight via Istanbul.

1 May is a day of international working class solidarity and unity. Workers around the world set aside their false religious and nationalist identities and come forward as a united class with a common future, against oppressive capitalist system and the barbarism it imposes on humanity. It is the day …

The tragedy of refugees on the borders of Europe and in the Mediterranean Sea is a direct consequence of closing borders to people whose livelihoods and homes have been shattered by civil war, unrest and insecurity. The disaster facing refugees places a tremendous responsibility upon European governments. While the UK …