International Federation of Iraqi Refugees strongly denounces the new Immigration Bill! Rishi Sunak’s The UK Tory Prime Minister and the Home Office Secretary are proposing a stricter law on asylum seekers arriving by boat. The legislation violates international law, which protects refugee rights. The new law prohibits asylum seekers who …
Read More »Let us make March 8th the day of support for Iranian women!
The forces behind the overthrow of capitalist power! March 8, International Women’s Day, is the day of struggle against inequality, discrimination and oppression of women. It is a day of protest against the ruling class’s ideas, traditions, culture, power, and laws, which have imposed their power on society and kept …
Read More »IFIR stands in solidarity with all workers striking across Britain!
Dear Comrade International Federation of Iraqi Refugees-IFIR expresses our full solidarity with 1 February strike, involving 500,000 workers across multiple sectors, and with all striking workers in the ongoing strike wave. The strikers include railway workers, ambulance workers, firefighters, bus drivers, nurses, teachers, civil servants and others.
Read More »IFIR press release: IFIR condemns the racist attack on the Kurdish community in Paris.
23 December2022 On Friday 23rd of December a gunman killed 3 people and injured many more outside a Kurdish Cultural Centre in Paris. The man who was 69 years old was known to the police, as 12 months ago he attacked a refugee camp with a sword. The man was …
Read More »IFIR press release: IFIR will fight the High Court’s ruling against refugees!
19 December2022 Today, Monday 19th December 2022, the High Court has ruled that the UK Government’s plan to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda is lawful and does not contravene the refugees’ human rights. The High Court has ruled against refugee rights activists (including Care for Calais, Movement for Justice, …
Read More »Kurdistan authorities are responsible for Shilan Nuri’s life and safety!
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 …
Read More »Summery of the points raised in the meeting in the UK Parliament on the evening of Monday 28 November 2022
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. …
Read More »Kurdish Refugee after 22 years living with children is forcibly being deported to Baghdad
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 …
Read More »18 August 2022 IFIR press release: Iraqi Kurdish asylum seeker forcible deportation halted!
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 …
Read More »Kurdish Refugee transferred to single room ready for forcible deportation to Baghdad
17 August 2022 IFIR press release: Kurdish Refugee transferred to single room ready for forcible deportation to Baghdad
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