In the name of the International Federation of Iraqi Refugees, I warmly welcome you to today’s Rally. I would like to thank you all, on behalf of the refugees for coming today to protest at their treatment and saying refugees are welcome here.
50 years ago the United Nations passed a resolution against racism the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Unfortunately today we still need to fight for equality and against the racist policies of detention and deportation of many European countries.
IFIR calls on all human rights organisations to attend and support stand up to racism’s demonstration – ‘refugees welcome here’ on 19 March mid-day Portland Place. IFIR calls on all human rights organisations to attend and support stand up to racism’s demonstration – ‘refugees welcome here’ on Saturday 19th ofMarch mid-day Portland Place.– Assemble 12 noon Portland Place London W1A 1AA
Dear Donald Tusk and Representatives of the Member States in the European Council,
As a continuation of your previous meeting relating to the refugee crisis, another meeting is supposed to be held in Brussels on 17 and 18 of this month to discuss ways to stop refugees from reaching Europe. Those refugees have escaped the war, they are the victims of proxy war by the big powers in their countries, and they are putting themselves at risk, by crossing minefields and dangerous seas. Most of them are children, women and older people. They leave their homes and work because they are forced to by war and by the mafia in their area. Europe will bear a big responsibility for the consequences if they put the fate of those refugees in the hands of a dictator like Erdogan and his brutal regime; this will be a disgraceful episode in the post Second World War history of Europe.
7March 2016
IFIR Press Release:
The European governments must share responsibilities for refugees
Using force against refugees must be halted immediately
Today there is another meeting of EU countries in Brussels to stop refugees fleeing to EU. European leaders’ continue to use Turkey as their border guard to stop refugees fleeing war from travelling to safety in Europe.
On the 1 March at 19.30 activists gathered outside the French institute to protest regarding the treatment of refugees in Calais.
First I would like to thank the Islington Refugee Forum for inviting me to speak to you today on behalf of the IFIR;
I am going to speak about the new wave of refugees from Middle East as refugees, not as migrants. And, accordingly explain why they should be accepted and supported.
20 October 2015
Refugee boat sinking mother and 5 children drown off Greek Coast
Muhammad Ahmad Father of the children told IFIR by phone”I fled from Kirkuk-North of Iraq on 10 of October with my family my wife and five children. We paid 12 thousand dollar and from Turkey Bodrum. We were placed on a small boat with 19 others on the16 of October at 10PM’
On Wednesday the 30th of September 2015 at the request of Consulate General of the United States of America in Erbil, representatives from IFIR visited their office. The representatives consisted of Dashty Jamal – The IFIR Secretary and Ari Jalal -Sulaimaniya Branch representative. At their meeting, Dashty Jamal and Ari Jalal met with Julian Hanna (Political Section of the Consulate General of the United States of America in Erbil),
