On the 25th February more than 100 people who have been deported
from the UK and other European countries to the Kurdistan region of Iraq will demonstrate in front of the
Kurdistan Regional Government to demand the government stop accepting
deportations from Europe and organise compensation packages and
employment for the deportees.
Individuals and organisations including John McDonnell MP and Unite, the largest trade union in the country, have written to the Iraqi Government and the KRG demanding they stop accepting forcible deportations.
More than fifty-five people were
deported to the Kurdistan region of northern
Iraq
early on Thursday morning, leaving from
LutonAirport
and landing in Erbil International.