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 …
Read More »Sulaimani’s Governor expressed his will to support the works and activities of IFIR in Kurdistan.
On Wednesday 21/02/2019, at Nine o’clock a delegation of IFIR visited the Governor of Sulaimani Dr. Haval Abubakir in his office. The Delegation consisted of the IFIR secretary Dashty Jamal, member of the IFIR secretariat Aso Goran, the Representative of IFIR in Kurdistan Amanj Abdullah and the office manager of IFIR in Kurdistan …
Read More »The IFIR Branch of Kurdistan held a meeting to plan the next phase of its work and agenda.
The office of IFIR of Kurdistan held a meeting in Sulaimani on 19/02/2019. The attendees of the meeting were the IFIR secretary Dashty Jamal, the Representative of IFIR in Kurdistan Amanj Abdullah and the office manager of IFIR in kurdistan Hawzhin Muhammad. In the meeting, some practical steps were discussed to …
Read More »Aram Ali‘s body has been returned to Sulaimani International Airport
Today 10.02.2019 the body of Aram Ali was returned earlier today from Birmingham City to Sulaimani International Airport at 03:15 am. Aram Ali’s body was received by his family, friends and the IFIR branch in Kurdistan. IFIR branch in Kurdistan expresses its deepest condolences and fully supports Ali‘s Family …
Read More »Notification of the relaunch of the IFIR Kurdistan branch
IFIR is writing to inform all IFIR clients, deportees, humanitarian, refugee organizations, political parties, refugee relatives that Mr. Ari Jalal and Mr. Baxtyar Omer no longer work IFIR, as a consequence they have no eligibility or responsibility within IFIR anymore. IFIR understands that they have formed their own organization. Dashty …
Read More »Finnish Citizen Fareidun Afsaji has disappeared in Iraqi Kurdistan
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 …
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