IFIR-Eng The International Federation of Iraqi Refugees

24th February 2017. A new offensive to retake the western part of Mosul from ISIS has started. This follows a formal announcement of the Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on 19 February.

17th February 2017 Child marriage dramatically increased among Internally Displaced Persons in Kurdistan Iraq following the ISIS attack on Mosul and the eastern region of Iraq in 2014.

10th February 2017.  Tens of thousands of Internally Displaced Families (IDFs) are caught in the crossfire between ISIS and the Shi’a Militias. The IDFs want to return back to their homes after the defeat of ISIS.  They say that they have been prevented from doing so, and have been held and subjected to questioning for long periods that could range from a few days to months. These families include elderly; women and children They suffer …

Since the Mosul operation started thousands of people have sought refuge across all parts Iraq. A high number of people from Mosul are now living in Ninwa and Baghdad.  Those fleeing Mosul suffer from increasing unmet needs such as lack of food, clean water, medicine, tents and hygiene kits.  Unfortunately …

23th January 2017. International Organization for Migration (IOM) stated on the 6th January that the number of displaced persons since the second offensive in Mosul on 29th December 2016 has reached 22,217 families (133,302 individuals).  Many have been displaced from the fighting pushing them from three directions into eastern districts where the battle …

19 January 2017 We are delighted to announce that the International Federation of Iraqi Refugees (IFIR) has opened a new branch in Baghdad-Iraq.  This will enable IFIR to expand its work and to support Internally Displaced People (IPDs) in the capital of Iraq, Baghdad. .

AVC International in coordination with a team from International Federation of Iraqi Refugees (IFIR) distributed 2000 heaters to the Yazdi refugees in Sinjar Mountain on 9th January this year. Ari Jalal, the IFIR representative of Sulaimania stated that the IFIR were able to distribute 1400 heaters to refugee families, hospitals and …

On Thursday 24th of November a fire broke out in a refugee camp in Moria in the Greek Island of Lesvos a women 66 and child 6 years old died and a child 4 years old and a women 30 were very badly injured and were transferred to Athens Hospital. The fire was …

5 000 civilians in the town of Al –khazer Trapped between Daesh  and Shia militias, known as the Popular Mobilisation Units (PMUs) or Hashd al-Shaabi.  

In Sulaimaniya Iraqi Kurdistan, 850 workers from Tax collection offices have been striking alongside thousands worker all over the governor for 2 months because the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) refused to pay Government workers wages for several months.