Dear Sir / Madam, I am writing to make you aware of a tragic and appalling situation which has taken place in Turkey and Syria today and requires immediate action.

The International Federation of Iraq Refugees offers its sincere condolences to  everyone affected by the catastrophic events in Barcelona.  At the time of writing this press release 14 people were killed and more than 80 were injured on the evening of Thursday 17th of August 2017.

On the 9 August Sardasht Osman’s parents after attending a family friends funeral, visited their son’s Sardasht Osman’s grave.  The sight that met them would shock any parent.  Sardasht’s grave and headstone stone had been smashed to pieces.  This was particularly hurtful to Sardaht’s parents as it echoed the violent murder of their …

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On Tuesday 16th May Awat Ahmad, a Kurdish asylum seeker, lost his life at his work place for unknown reasons. The place of his death is still closed and Awat’s body was being kept at St. George’s hospital in London and later through the help of IFIR their bodies have been sent …

On world refugee day, 20-06-2017, we call on all freedom loving people and organisations defending the rights of refugees to stand up against the terrible conditions that refugees face are facing across Europe.  Let us look at the factors causing people to flee their homes and become refugees. Today’s world …

  Haram Kalaf is currently being held in a vans at Heathrow airport awaiting being put on a Royal Jordanian Airline flight via Amen to Bahgdad..  The flight is scheduled to leave at five pm today. Haram is from Kirkuk and has been living in the UK for 10 years. Haram’s partner …

Last night once again Islamic Terrorists blinded by hate and prejudice have carried out a horrific attack on the people of London killing 7 people and  injuring a further 50 people. This is the third terror attack to happen in the UK in the last three months.

Rekawt and Samir are currently being held in separate vans n at Heathrow airport awaiting being put on a Turkish airline flight via Istanbul to Baghdad.  The flight is scheduled to leave at six pm today. Rekawt Omar from Kirkuk has been living in the UK for 8 years.

29 May 2017Assan was woken up at six am this morning (29 May) and moved to a single cell.  He was then moved to the airport.  He is currently in a van at Heathrow airport awaiting being put on a Turkish airline flight via Istanbul to Baghdad.  The flight is scheduled to leave at …