Abused Asylum Seekers

By: Aram

May 26, 2006

The British Home Office is working hard trying to convince the Kurdish (failed) asylum seekers to return back to Kurdistan. This is done through devious blackmail. The Asylum Seekers have been deprived of all basic human rights. They do not have any valid papers, such as ID cards or work permits. They are left virtually stranded and paralyzed, treated in a sub human way.  The majority of these people are young between 19-26 years old, uneducated and misplaced. After 5-6 years in the UK, they have nothing to show for their transatlantic move.  

The International Organization for Migration (IOM)  http://www.iomlondon.org/ is responsible for this state of affairs. It sets the trap for the asylum seekers.  The IOM works for The Home Office by supposedly organizing the asylum seekers, issuing returned tickets and granting the amount of ₤ 500. The Asylum Seekers are then supposed to get another ₤ 3000. The reality is very different. According to the returned asylum seekers, only 80 of 1800 received this sum. The only winner in this situation is the IOM, which is happy to secure a substantial contract from the government. They then  hire a couple of Kurdish speaking foot solders to carry out their sinister work, which is to issue return tickets and persuade the asylum seekers to return to their country of origin. Indeed, the Iraqi section of the IOM is led by Albanian Kosovo and Afghan Nationals who do not know anything about the Kurdish refugee situation. Likewise, they know nothing about the socio economical aspects of Kurdistan. The irony is that the IOM (as a so called charity) lulls the general public into a false sense of security, when it is hardly being charitable to the Asylum Seekers.

My point here is The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) should NOT allow the “failed Asylum Seekers” to be forced back home on flights arranged by the IOM, on behalf of The United Kingdom to North Iraq. 

It is my understanding that all other European Countries are happy to have scheduled flights to Kurdistan with the exception of the United Kingdom.

If Kurdistan’s air zone is not secure enough to fly British airplanes, the same rule should apply for special chartered Home Office (IOM) airplanes with asylum seekers.

I am appealing to The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to review the one way British air tour and to prevent Kurdistan from becoming a one way trip destiny for unwanted and abused asylum seekers.