Yesterday (22 May) at 10:30 pm a suicide bomber attacked the Ariana Grand concert, which was full of children and teenagers. At the time of writing this report 22 people have died and 59 injured.
Read More »PCS Conference Voted Against Forced Deportation to Iraq
At the second day of the Annual Public and Commercial Service Union Conference, held in Brighton attended by over 700 members, out of 200,000, from across the UK, delegates voted unanimously in favour of stopping the forced deportation of Iraqi refugees back to Iraq.
Read More »Urgent Appeal to PCS delegates at conference!
We call on all trade unions to join our campaign to stop deportations to Iraq! The UK government has arrested more than 30 Kurdish and Iraqi people since 1 April. This is all taking place at a time when Iraq is being plagued by war and violence, which is forcing so many to …
Read More »IFIR press release: The Home Office is responsible for the death of Awat Ahmad
19 May2017 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 is being kept at St.George’s hospital in London. Awat was 29 years old. According to his cousin, …
Read More »Iraqi deportations: the airlines helping the Home Office deport refugees to war zones
Home Office is trying to deport dozens of refugees to Iraq, with at least 30 people currently held in detention centres awaiting forced removal. But instead of using high-profile charter flights, the Home Office is now turning to a handful of major airlines to take Iraqi deportees as scheduled passengers: …
Read More »9 May 2017 IFIR press release: UKBA is deporting 3 Iraqis by Turkish Airline to Baghdad
See below details: 3 people on 9 May, 1 person 10 May, 2 people 26 May
Read More »Iraqi Refugee assaulted on Turkish airline flight 4 May
IFIR press release 05 May 2017 Iraqi Refugee assaulted on Turkish airline flight 4 May
Read More »Press Release 7 May 2017 Assan Yaba Assan from Mosul was not deported yesterday
Assan Yaba Assan from Mosul was not deported yesterday Following IFIR’s appeal on the 5 May for people to call Turkish airlines demanding that they do not deport Assan. Assan’s 6 May deportation ticket was cancelled. IFIR would like to thank everyone who called Turkish airlines with special thanks to Corporate Watch and …
Read More »Iraq MPs say no more deportations to Iraq
30 April IFIR Press release:Iraq MPs say no more deportations to Iraq Over 100 members of the Iraqi Parliament will sign a resolution to urge the federal governemnt of Iraq to refuse to accept the forced deportation of Iraqis from the countries they seek refuge in. It comes as over 50 …
Read More »STOP DEPORTATIONS TO IRAQ. Happy May Day!
We call on all Freedom-loving people, refugee and human rights organisatons, labour groups and trade union organisations to join our campaign to stop deportations to Iraq.
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