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British Government Pretends It Will Deport Phoney Asylants
From Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty, an article by Jan JunThe British government is gearing up to deport failed Kurdish asylum seekers back to Iraq. Dozens of Kurds have been detained over the past three weeks across Britain. Some of them were later released, but others are still being held in special detention centers. A first group of about 40 men is expected to be flown soon to northern Iraq on a Royal Air Force plane, despite protests by humanitarian organizations that their lives may be in danger. .... There are believed to be some 7,000 Iraqis in Britain whose asylum requests have been denied and who face deportation. The original decision to deport the failed asylum seekers was made by the British government in early 2004. .... Soran Hamarash is a spokesman for the Kurdish Cultural Centre in London .... said a lot of attention has focused recently on the British government's efforts to deport Muslim extremists. At the same time, he says, innocent, unmarried Kurdish men are being rounded up with little publicity. He says government representatives made it clear during a meeting with Kurdish groups last week that the deportations will go ahead, despite the protests .... Soran Hamarash ... believes younger, unmarried men are probably being detained because it is easier to deal with them if no children are involved. ..... As for the actual number of refugees being held, Hamarash said no one seems to know: "I heard 41. I've heard 38...." Posted by: Mike Sylwester 2005-09-01 |
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