Information on Refugee Issues

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 …

  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.

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 …

11 April 2018 IFIR Press Release This time last year 104 Iraqi MP’s signed a resolution against accepting forcibly Deported Iraqi Refugees from Europe following a campaign led by IFIR.  At that time it was not enough to stop forcibly deported refugees being returned to Iraq.  IFIR continued campaigning and …

3th April2018  36 Iraqi refugees detained in Turkey need your help  I am writing on behalf of the International Federation of Iraqi Refugees (IFIR). IFIR aims to give essential help to Iraqi refugees experiencing difficulties. IFIR has been informed that 36 Iraqi nationals were arrested and detained two weeks ago …

Kurdish leader arrested

Dear Mr. Andrea Babiš, I am writing you this letter on behalf of the International Federation of Iraqi Refugees (IFIR) regarding the arrest of Salih Muslim.  Salih Musleem was formerly the co-president of the Democratic Union Party (known as the P.Y.D.), the political arm of the Kurdish Peoples Protection Units, …

Today (04 February 2018) at 1.30am Iraq time Saman’s body was returned to his family in Kurdistan for burial. Saman left Iraq in August 2017 to look for a better life.  Saman reached Istanbul safely.  The last contact Saman had with his family was via phone call on 19 September.  He told his family of his desire to …

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