Refugee Issues

On 08 Sep 2015 the Kurdistan branch of the International federations of Iraqi Refugees IFIR organized a press conference at Rand Gallery for IFIR secretary Dashty Jamal. In respect for the lives of the refugees who lost their lives in the recent tragedies, Ari Jala representing the Sulaimaniya branch secretary …

Dashty Jamal Secretary of IFIR sends a Dear Jeremy The International Federation of Iraqi Refugees and its Kurdistan branch wholeheartedly congratulate you and send you our full solidarity.

IFIR & number Organizations send an urgent letter to the European Union and European Parliament The death of refugees on the borders of Europe and in the Mediterranean Sea is a tragedy.  That is a direct consequence of the policy of closing the borders to people whose livelihoods and place …

The International Federation of Iraqi Refugees is in urgent need of funds to continue our work. In the last five years IFIR members who have been deported to Iraq have started to organize there, and have forced the Kurdistan Regional Government and the Iraqi governments to commit to refuse to …

An urgent letter to the European Union European Parliament Don’t keep the borders closed to Refugees!   The tragedy of the refugees’ death in group on the borders of Europe and Mediterranean Sea is a direct consequence of the policy of closing the borders to people whose livelihoods and place of residence …

German authorities are bracing for a record-breaking number of refugees, with mass arrivals potentially continuing for “several years.” Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere has urged EU partners to do more to help.

Urgent need for support in Iraq for the displaced Children and women that need your help. Freedom-loving and humanitarian people! Refugee and humanitarian organisations!  Happy May Day. ISIS,  a terrorist group, is currently occuping large parts of Iraq.  ISIS have committed crimes against civilians in Mosul, Tikrit, Kirkuk, Ramadi and Fallujah. ISIS committ …

Press release 22 March 2015:   IFIR has been informed 70 asylum-seekers at the Trandum immigration detention centre close to Oslo Airport in Norway held a protest on 15 March at 6pm demanding better conditions.

IFIR Press Release        16 February 2015   Khalid  Hassan from Colin brook detention centre contacted IFIR  reported that he has been given a ticket to be returned tomorrow 17 February.  Khalid has been given a ticket from Royal Jordanian airlines to be flown to Amman and then onto Erbil in …

 6pm Thursday 29 January Embassy Of Saudi Arabia 30 Charles Street London W1J 5DZ Come to protest the 1000 lashes and 10 year prison sentence of blogger Raif Badawi, convicted for insulting the Saudi Arabian government and accusations of insulting Islam.