15 November Today the Supreme Court looked at the Home Office Appeal regarding whether it was legal to send asylum seekers to Rwanda. After reviewing the Home Office documents and many documents from UNHCR and refugee rights organisations. The Court Ruled it was unlawful to send asylum seekers to Rwanda. …
Read More »Stop the massacre in Gaza!
Freedom-loving and peace activists! Human rights and humanitarian organizations! After the Palestinian Hamas Movement and Qassam battalions’ military forces launched a surprise air, land, and sea attack on Israeli territories on the 7th of October, under the name of Al-Aqsa Storm resulted in the killing, wounding, and kidnapping of several …
Read More »IFIR Press Release 8 August 2023 Racist and inhumane housing accommodation for refugees on Bibby Stockholm boat in Portland!
IFIR Press Release 8 August 2023 Racist and inhumane housing accommodation for refugees on Bibby Stockholm boat in Portland!Yesterday, the first group of refugees arrived on the boat Bibby Stockholm, as ministers pushed on with the plans, despite a raft of opposition in Portland, Dorset, on Monday, despite local opposition and repeated …
Read More »Stand up against the UK new immigration bill
22July2023 IFIR press release The United Kingdom’s decision in Parliament last week to enact a new law granting authorities the power to deport individuals arriving on its shores by boat has raised profound concerns among human rights advocates, civil society organizations, and freedom loving people alike. This regressive and punitive …
Read More »Report on the plight of Iranian refugees in Kurdistan and Iraq by the Refugees Community of East Kurdistan – Sulaymaniyah.
Report on the plight of Iranian refugees in Kurdistan and Iraq by the Refugees Community of East Kurdistan – Sulaymaniyah. Today, thousands of people around the world are forced to flee their homes in search of a quiet and safe life owing to war, poor economic conditions, threats, and discrimination. …
Read More »We are starting a campaign to highlight the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ (UNHCR) discrimination and neglect of Iranian refugees in Kurdistan.
The International Federation of Iraqi Refugees (IFIR), International organization of Iranian Refugees -IOIR, Middle Eastern Women and Society Organisation -MEWSO, Iranian and Kurdish Women’s Rights Organisation -IKWRO, Kurdish and Middle Eastern Women’s Organisation -KMEWO and Federation of Iraqi Refugees-FIR calls on all freedom-loving people, the civilised world, humanity, and millions …
Read More »IFIR is deeply concerned by the new legislation introduced by the UK Government.
This right-wing conservative government has just published a new migration bill. They intend to stop people coming by boat to seek asylum in Britain. The vast majority of refugees have no way to legally reach the UK to claim asylum, regardless of how strong their need for protection is. The legislation, …
Read More »IFIR Press Release 13 March 2023
International Federation of Iraqi Refugees strongly denounces the new Immigration Bill! Rishi Sunak’s The UK Tory Prime Minister and the Home Office Secretary are proposing a stricter law on asylum seekers arriving by boat. The legislation violates international law, which protects refugee rights. The new law prohibits asylum seekers who …
Read More »Let us make March 8th the day of support for Iranian women!
The forces behind the overthrow of capitalist power! March 8, International Women’s Day, is the day of struggle against inequality, discrimination and oppression of women. It is a day of protest against the ruling class’s ideas, traditions, culture, power, and laws, which have imposed their power on society and kept …
Read More »IFIR stands in solidarity with all workers striking across Britain!
Dear Comrade International Federation of Iraqi Refugees-IFIR expresses our full solidarity with 1 February strike, involving 500,000 workers across multiple sectors, and with all striking workers in the ongoing strike wave. The strikers include railway workers, ambulance workers, firefighters, bus drivers, nurses, teachers, civil servants and others.
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