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),
Ali Kareem from centre of IRC The Verne, Portland, Dorset detention centre contacted IFIR to report that he has been given a ticket to be returned to Iraq on 23 October 2015 . Ali has been given a ticket from Royal Jordanian airlines to be flown to Amman and then onto Baghdad.
IFIR calls upon the UN to take responsibility for the lives of displaced people. The UN must provide daily necessities of the refugees. We also request that the UN ask countries where refugees have sought asylum to recognise them as refugees. At the same time we ask the humanitarian and refugee defending organisations to aid the displaced people financially and morally. The IFIR, through its representative offices in Kurdistan and European countries together with other humanitarian and refugee organisations try to supply the displaced people in Kurdistan with their basic needs. Your aid and support (financial, food, medicine, and clothing.) will ease the pain of the displaced people.
Camps in Kurdistan have had outbreaks of cholera and children are begging on the streets. There has also been an increase in prostitution in areas where the refugees are placed. This level of poverty just fuels the refugee crises and increases the likelihood of many more risking their lives in the pursuit of security and happiness in Europe.
For more information please contact IFIR at:
ifir@hotmail.co.uk or on 07501730707 or 00447856032991
Our office Address in Kurdistan:
(9)(7TH) Shorsh- Suleymaniyeh-Kurdistan-www.federationifir.com
Press Conference holds in Erbil City.
The press conference composed of IFIR, Department of Foreign Relations, Department of Migration & Displaced of Kurdistan Regional Government and Human Rights Organization.
IFIR works to support Iraqi and Kurdish refugees returned from EU countries to build their lives in Kurdistan and Iraq and integrate again into society.
IFIR is a democratic, human rights organisation. We consider that human rights are universal and they can not be limited by geography, gender, culture, religion, race, age or place of birth.
Demonstration held in Sulaymaniyah in support of refugees
On Sunday 13 September the following organizations International Federation of Iraqi refugees kurdistan branch , Center to defend children rights in Kurdistan and Kurds refugee council in Suleymaniyah held a Demonstration at mid-day in barika camp in Sulaymaniyah. The demonstration was attended by the refugees held in the camp.