No Deportations to Kurdistan/Iraq Demonstrate Monday 12th February
National Coalition of Anti Deportation Camapigns news service | 09.02.2007 15:10 | Anti-racism | Iraq | Migration
Demonstrate Monday 12th February 7.00am to 9.00am
Brize Norton
Royal Air Force (RAF)
Carterton
Oxfordshire
OX18 3LX
The 'Charter Flight' carrying the refused Iraqi/Kurds is expected to
leave Brize Norton on Monday the 12th February. Campaign to Close
Campsfield, who hold monthly pickets outside Campsfield IRC will hold
a demonstration at the gates of the RAF air base to protest against
the mass deportation of Iraqi/Kurds.
Directions to Brize Norton
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=428968&y=207152&z=0&sv=OX18+3LX&st=2&pc=OX18+3LX&mapp=newmap.srf&searchp=newsearch.srf
Enquiries/further information:
Bill Mackeith
bmackeith@aol.com
from London: 0733 309853
UK/Iraq: Amnesty warns against forcible return of Asylum seekers to Iraq
Amnesty International 7th February 2007
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=17261
Amnesty International today (7 February) expressed serious concern
over UK plans to forcibly return asylum seekers to Northern Iraq.
Many Iraqis are now reportedly being held in detention pending
deportation on Monday 12 February.
Amnesty International UK Refugee Programme Director Jan Shaw said:
'Forcing people back to Iraq, even to the North, will put people's
lives at risk. Amnesty remains opposed to any forcible return of
asylum-seekers to Iraq, including to the Kurdish region.
'In post-conflict situations people should not be returned unless
there is stability and a durable peace; neither of those is true in
Iraq.
'Given the colossal scale of fighting and bloodshed in the country,
it is hard to describe Iraq's situation as 'post-conflict' at all.
'Imagine how terrifying it must be for those watching the chaos
unfolding in Iraq on the news to then receive a letter from the
government stating that they are about to be flown back there.'
Amnesty International insisted that it does not consider that the
Kurdish region of Iraq can be considered to have the safety or
stability conducive to safe and sustainable return, and any return to
it would be premature.
The two main Kurdish political parties are partners in the central
Iraqi government and the leader of the PUK (Patriotic Union of
Kurdistan) is also the president of Iraq. Much of the current
insurgency is aimed at the central government and its agents.
Furthermore, the unresolved status of the city of Kirkuk - located
outside but near the three Kurdish provinces with a mixed ethnic
population of mainly Kurds, Arabs and Turkmen - has potential for
increasing violence which may impact on the security situation in the
region.
leave Brize Norton on Monday the 12th February. Campaign to Close
Campsfield, who hold monthly pickets outside Campsfield IRC will hold
a demonstration at the gates of the RAF air base to protest against
the mass deportation of Iraqi/Kurds.
Directions to Brize Norton
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Enquiries/further information:
Bill Mackeith
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from London: 0733 309853
UK/Iraq: Amnesty warns against forcible return of Asylum seekers to Iraq
Amnesty International 7th February 2007
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Amnesty International today (7 February) expressed serious concern
over UK plans to forcibly return asylum seekers to Northern Iraq.
Many Iraqis are now reportedly being held in detention pending
deportation on Monday 12 February.
Amnesty International UK Refugee Programme Director Jan Shaw said:
'Forcing people back to Iraq, even to the North, will put people's
lives at risk. Amnesty remains opposed to any forcible return of
asylum-seekers to Iraq, including to the Kurdish region.
'In post-conflict situations people should not be returned unless
there is stability and a durable peace; neither of those is true in
Iraq.
'Given the colossal scale of fighting and bloodshed in the country,
it is hard to describe Iraq's situation as 'post-conflict' at all.
'Imagine how terrifying it must be for those watching the chaos
unfolding in Iraq on the news to then receive a letter from the
government stating that they are about to be flown back there.'
Amnesty International insisted that it does not consider that the
Kurdish region of Iraq can be considered to have the safety or
stability conducive to safe and sustainable return, and any return to
it would be premature.
The two main Kurdish political parties are partners in the central
Iraqi government and the leader of the PUK (Patriotic Union of
Kurdistan) is also the president of Iraq. Much of the current
insurgency is aimed at the central government and its agents.
Furthermore, the unresolved status of the city of Kirkuk - located
outside but near the three Kurdish provinces with a mixed ethnic
population of mainly Kurds, Arabs and Turkmen - has potential for
increasing violence which may impact on the security situation in the
region.
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