Abbas Ali Babakir has left the UK (Posted Tuesday 6th January 2009)
"Abbas was deported Monday. Quite a number of people sent mails to the Home Office and Royal Jordanian Air. John Mcdonnell MP sent in a request for an stay and we went to the airport to try to get passengers to raise a protest on the plane but it looks like he was on the flight - he told us he had been taken on to it by four security guards but his mobile's been off since it left."

Meantime more UK Iraqi/Kurds are being rounded up for another 'charter flight'.

Richard Whittell / nodeportationstoiraq@yahoo.co.uk

Second attempt to remove Abbas Ali Babakir

Abbas Ali Babakir, HO Ref: S1113909/2, a national of Iraq and resident of Hounslow is detained in Campsfield House IRC and due to be forcibly removed from the on Monday 5th January 2009 on Royal Jordanian flight RJ112 from Heathrow @ 16:15, flying to Jordan, and then on to Erbil, Kurdistan.

His request for asylum was turned down as were subsequent appeals.

He arrived in the UK in 2001 following threats to his life from the PUK and believes his life will be in danger if he returns to Iraq. His family was responsible for guarding an oil refinery for the British Government. This led to strife between the family and the PUK and KDP (the two parties making up the Kurdish Regional Government). The PUK have persecuted Abbas' family since 1993.

Immediately prior to Abbas taking the decision to leave Iraq two of his relatives were arrested and murdered by the PUK. If he had remained in Iraq he feels sure he would have met the same fate. The PUK are still the ruling party in charge of his village (Gardaspean) and he fears if he returns he will be arrested or killed. Abbas was forced to leave his wife and five children, one of whom is disabled, behind in Iraq: if there was any possibility of a safe return to Iraq Mr Babakir would have returned to Iraq many years ago.

What you can do to help: (*Pease see note at end of message)
1) Send faxes/Online complaint - to Suhair Beidas, London Office Supervisor, Royal Jordanian Airways and urge them not to carry out the forced removal - download model letter, AbbasAliBabakirRJA.doc copy/amend /write your own version (if you do so please quote: Abbas Ali Babakir, due to be forcibly removed from the UK on Monday 5th January 2009 on Royal Jordanian flight RJ112 from Heathrow @ 16:15, flying to Jordan, and then on to Erbil, Kurdistan.)

Fax: 020 8748 5251 (00 44 20 8748 5251 if you are faxing from outside UK)

Online complaint: Copy text from model letter and post online: 
Royal Jordanian Customer Care/Public relations

2)Please send urgent faxes/emails immediately to Rt. Hon Jacqui Smith, MP, Secretary of State for the Home Office, asking that Abbas' planned deportation be cancelled. Please use the 'model letter' AbbasAliBabakirJS.doc attached or write your own version. If you do so, please remember to include his HO ref: S1113909/2.

Fax: 020 8760 3132 / + 44 20 8760 3132 if you are faxing from outside UK)

Emails:
UKBApublicenquiries@UKBA.gsi.gov.uk
"CIT - Treat Official" <CITTO@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk>

Please let the Campaign know of any faxes/emails sent:
IFIR "Richard Whittell" <richard.whittell@gmail.com>
no deportations to Iraq / nodeportationstoiraq@yahoo.co.uk

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*Note: All fax numbers/emails were checked before posting of this message

Source for this Message:
International Federation of Iraqi Refugees (IFIR)