16 January 2019 IFIR Press Release International Federation of Iraqi Refugees (IFIR) was informed by Fareidun’s family that “Mr. Fareidun Afsaji who has been in Iraqi Kurdistan (Sulaymaniyah) has disappeared. His family stated that Fareidun left Finland mid-December last year. His family last received a missed call from him on …
Read More »An open letter to Prayut Chan-O-Cha Prime Minister of Thailand
Date: 09/01/2019 Dear Sir/Madam, Letter in support of Rahaf Mohammed al Qunun’s claim for asylum and protection from the UN refugee agency. I am writing in support of Rahaf’s claim for asylum in Thailand on behalf of the International Federation of Iraqi Refugees (IFIR). IFIR has experience representing many female clients …
Read More »IFIR press release: Two Iraqi Asylum Seekers on a Hunger strike
Sardar Omer Abdulla has been living in the UK for 19 years and has a son who is 7 years old. Sardar is currently being held in Colebrook detention centre, is on hunger strike alongside Aso Khder to protest at the conditions they are being held in.
Read More »UKBA continue to deport Kurdish Asylum seekers to Baghdad.
IFIR press release:UKBA continue to deport Kurdish Asylum seekers to Baghdad. UKBA threatening to deport Abdull Motalib Nouri who has lived in the UK for 18 years Abdul Motalib Noori is being forcibly returned to Iraq by Royal Jordanian Airlines at 5pm, 2nd December 2018. Abdul has contacted IFIR from …
Read More »Algerian detainee died in Harmondsworth detention centre yesterday
IFIR press release: Algerian detainee died in Harmondsworth detention centre yesterday Iraqi Kurdish detainees reported to IFIR that Mr Redouane died yesterday at 15:29, because of this all other detainees were locked in there rooms until the evening.
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Detained Iraqi refugees speak out against treatment by UK and Iraqi government collaboration
Twenty Iraqi refugees currently detained in Colnbrook immigration detention centre are demanding they be released from conditions they describe as “worse than prison”. In a statement sent to the International Federation of Iraqi Refugees they say: “The Iraqi Embassy is collaborating with the Home Office to send people with strong …
Read More »press release: UKBA continue deporting Kurdish asylum seekers to Baghdad
Faraidon Khurshid Iraqi Kurdish Asylum Seekers from Kirkuk arrived in the UK 7 October 2010 (8 years). He is currently held in a Van with 6 Security guard at Heathrow Airport ,He has been told that he will be forcibly deported today on a Royal Jordanian air line flight at …
Read More »funeral of Avan Najmadeen.
Avan Najmadeen was buried on Friday 26 October 2018 in Stoke-on-Trent, England. We believe that she is yet another victim of patriarchal tradition and violence against women. Her funeral was attended by family members and representatives of two organisations, the International Federation of Iraqi Refugees (IFIR) and the Kurdish and Middle Eastern Women’s …
Read More »21October 2018 Press Release: 34 refugees drowned in the Aegean Sea.
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.
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