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IRR
> Event
EVENT
No forced returns to Iraq
8 April 2004
The International Federation of Iraqi Refugees in Britain (IFIR) is organising a series of demonstrations to protest against the deportation of Iraqi asylum seekers.
The  Home Office has announced plans to begin deportations to Baghdad shortly, but Iraqi asylum seekers in the UK believe that the country remains unsafe - a view shared by the United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees (UNHCR). Demonstrations are being held in Stoke-on-Trent and Manchester and there will be a national protest outside the Home Office in London:
- Stoke-on-Trent, Saturday 3 April 2004, 9.00am-12.00pm, Hanley Centre (Opposite Argos), Stoke-on-Trent.
- Manchester, Sunday 4 April 2004, 2.00pm to 5.00pm, Manchester Peace Gardens
- London, Thursday 8 April 2004, 5.00pm-7.00pm, outside Home Office, 50 Queen Anne's Gate, London SW1. Nearest tube station: St James' Park.
IFIR is also hosting two campaign planning meetings:
- Hull, Saturday 3 April 2004, 12.00pm-4.00pm, Friends Meeting House, 4 Percy Street, Hull HU2 8HH
- Manchester,Thursday 8 April 2004, 7.30pm-9.00pm, Friends Meeting House, Mount Street (Behind Central Library), Manchester
For more information contact:
- London: Fahmi Aziz on 07944 992154 or Dashty Jamal on 07734 704742
- Stoke: Ham Dawd on 07742 394746 or Kamaran Ahmed on 07734 226868
- Hull: Sarbast Karim on 07759 091335
- Manchester: Burham Fatah on 07803 015318
These demonstrations are supported by Leicester Civil Rights Movement, Campaign Against Racism and Fascism, International Federation of Iranian Refugees, International Federation of Iraqi Refugees, Federation of Iraqi Refugees Manchester, Federation of Iraqi Refugees Leicester, representative group of the Unemployed Union of Iraq, representative group of Organisation for Women's Freedom in Iraq, Worker Communist Party of Iraq and Stockport Socialist Alliance.
Events listing is provided for information only. Inclusion in this listing should not be taken to imply that the Institute of Race Relations supports an event or is involved in organising it.
© Institute of Race Relations
2004
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