IFIR-Eng The International Federation of Iraqi Refugees

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 …

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 …

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.

Open letter to Mr Masud Barzani, the President of Kurdistan Democratic Party and Mr Nechervan Barzani Deputy President  Gentlemen,  It has been approximately three years since an Australian family decided to return to Iraq. The family’s decision to return to Iraq was supported by the mother’s father, AZAD MIRAN, who …

UK Government continues to detain Iraqi Asylum seekers  The UK Government continues to threaten Iraqi and Kurdish nationals with forcible deportation and continues to detain them for long periods in detention centres. IFIR has received the following appeals from detainees held in Colnbrook & Harmondsworth,detention centres.

The International Federation of Iraqi Refugees’ (IFIR) publishes its demands for World Refugee Day United Nations’ World Refugee Day has been held on 20 June every year since 2001, the 50th anniversary of the UN’s 1951 Refugee Convention. World Refugee Day commemorates the strength, courage and perseverance of millions of …

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 …

  PCS support letter

  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.