Kurdistan authorities are responsible for Shilan Nuri’s life and safety! Ms. Shilan Hama Nuri, a women’s rights activist, stated on Kurdsat News that polygamy is a form of prostitution. The Union of Islamic Religious Scholars (UIRS) said in a statement on Tuesday that the Suleimani branch of their union has …

Summery of the points raised in the meeting in the UK Parliament on the evening of Monday 28 November 2022 At the request of the International Federation of Iraqi Refugees(IFIR), and to further draw support and solidarity for the ongoing Iranian uprising, a meeting was held at the British Parliament. …

17 September 2022 IFIR press release: Kurdish Refugee after 22 years living with children is forcibly being deported to Baghdad Today, Mr Cardow Hussan Ali from Harmondsworth detention Centre contacted IFIR. Said ‘I am in a van with a security guard and I have been given a deportation order for …

Mr Osman Mohammed Faraj told IFIR that he had been taken from Harmondsworth detention centre in handcuffs to Heathrow airport and placed aboard a Turkish Airlines flight to Istanbul. Mr Faraj complained about pains in his Kidney as he was placed on the plane. The security guards however, ignored him …

17 August 2022 IFIR press release: Kurdish Refugee transferred to single room ready for forcible deportation to Baghdad

The United Nations has designated June 20 as the World Refugee Day since 1951. We are approaching World Refugee Day this year at a time when human society is going through a dangerous and difficult era. The world is in a state of turmoil. Economic and financial crises, war, militarism, …

Our struggle to stop this brutal and racist policy, continues! Our fight to stop transferring refugees to Rwanda, continues!

IFIR demonstrated with other refugee rights organisations outside the Rwandan High Commission against the Rwandan government’s shameful deal to accept deportations from the UK. The deportation flight to Rwanda scheduled for 14th June must be stopped.

30 MAY 2022 Dear representative of refugee organizations and  Human right activists!   On behalf of the International Federation of Iraqi Refugees (IFIR) and the people detained in Harmondsworth,brockhouse and Colnbrook detention centres, I would like to thank everyone who came out today to oppose the planned deportation of Iraqi Kurds, some of whom …

To: UNHCR in Geneva, European Court of Human Rights Detention and planned removal of Kurdish asylum seekers flight to Erbil, Northern Iraq Date: 26 May 2022 Dear Sir Madam We are writing to register a formal complaint against the UK Border Agency with the UNHCR and European Court of Human …