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Iraq Charter flight: Two detainees have contacted NCADC, who will be on the charter flight PVT010 to Baghdad on the 6th of September 2010, Hussein Samer Mahmood, HO Ref. No. M1371631, and Ibrahim Hussein Sharif Sahidi, HO Ref. No., S1361211. Both men have been in Campsfield for about a month and have received threats to their lives in Iraq. Click here to read more>>>
Rabar Hamad - FLIGHT CANCELLED! a 16 year old Kurdish Iraqi schoolboy detained in an adult facility at Colnbrook, was threatened with removal to Baghdad on 1 September. His campaign group is working with a solicitor and the Refugee Council's Children's Panel adviser to get him out of detention, back home and fighting for his right to sanctuary.
Mildred Okpara had to flee Nigeria in 2005 with her two children, then aged three years and 5 months, after her partner was abducted and murdered. She settled in Sheffield, applied for sanctuary as a refugee, and started to rebuild her life and bring up her children in a safe place. Mildred has been very active in her community, volunteers with various local projects, and was given an award by City of Sanctuary in recognition of her services to the community. But the sanctuary she has found is in danger of being taken away. Mildred and her children urgently need your help.
Justina Grajeda, Jhoselin and Thais belong in London! Justina and her husband travelled from Bolivia to the UK with their two daughters, Thais and Jhoselin, in 2002. The family fled Bolivia after having endured a dire period of destitution and poverty. After having established their lives in the UK, Justina's husband was tragically killed in a bicycle accident in 2007 leaving Justina to support her family as a widow. The tragedy has torn the family apart. Even as the children are in the process of mourning the death of their father the family learned that their application to remain in the UK was turned down by the Home Office. Click here to read more >
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an interview with Charles Atangana
Iraq deportation charter flights
Detainee support groups have been inundated with calls for help by Iraqi detainees given removal directions for 1 September and 6 September. Many have no legal representation.
The first attempted charter flight to Baghdad from UK in October last year was sent back by the Iraqi authorities. Of the 40 deportees, only 8 were accepted, allegedly those who were willing to disembark.
In April this year, The UK Border Agency then tried to deport Kurdish people to the Kurdish Regional Government area in the north. The plane was all set to take off, until word came through of a major protest at Sulaimaniyah International Airport, Kurdistan, with MPs of the Kurdish Government joining protesters and threatening to occupy the runway. The plane did not fly.
Now the UKBA has an agreement with the Iraqi authorities to accept forced removals. This agreement includes allowing Iraqi military officers and government officials to interview potential deportees in the UK before agreeing to accept them. Kurdish detainees have complained of being threatened by these officials. The last deportation charter flight was in June, when handcuffed deportees were beaten by British security officers and many Kurds were detained in awful conditions in Baghdad for several days before being transported north.
As everyone knows, Iraq has to be one of the most dangerous places in the world right now. In June, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees again warned against forcible removals.
Read about the campaign against deportion to Iraq
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