Forced Repatriation - UK

July 2007
Asylum seekers who have spent years living in the UK now face the prospect of being repatriated to Iraq. One such refugee, Sadullah Kakl, was killed shortly after his return. He's lived in England for over six years. Now, he's being sent back to a war zone. "I begged them not to send me back but they didn't listen", he laments. We catch up with him a few weeks later in Iraq. "My son is very scared. We can hardly sleep at night", confides his mother. Luqman is depressed and too afraid to leave the house. Another man forcibly repatriated from Europe had a mental breakdown and gunned down nine neighbours. "He was driven to it by despair", states his father. "Something just snapped in his brain." (Karzan Sherabayani)

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[lineswine]

Illegal immigrants & failed asylum seekers get sent back. That is the law of the land of the country they illegally entered.

They broke the law, they face the consequences.

Besides, they passed through several countries that were "safe" to get to England. I wonder why they came here, instead of say, France or Germany?

[Tommo64]

8 years living in London? A failed asylum seeker? Why the fuck was he not put on a plane back years ago? How much in that 8 years, probably more now as he scrounged off the UK taxpayer? I am literally sick of so called asylum scroungers. Most of them are Iraqi criminals expanding their empires. The dirty scrounging bastards. Fuck the lot of them and SEND THEM BACK.

[hurro67]

"Iraq is not safe"...well NATO is trying to sort that out by military intervention and facing the consequences of riots and suicide attacks...all just to help them! And you cant expect us to house the whole of the Iraqi population in the process!

[udennyn]

Where there are muslims there is a problem,even they fight themselves,with Christians,jews,hindus,sikhs

[udennyn]

After all UK is a small island, how much muslims it can absorb..

[Riiye]

These people might be interested to know that they are criminals under international law. Law states that genuine asylum seekers must seek asylum in the first safe country they arrive in, so between the UK and Iraq for example is the entire continent of Europe. If these people want to abuse the human rights legislation for their own means then they should be just as quick to obey the rest of the legal system under which we are governed - crime is crime.

[tarantinoisahack]

I've heard of Muslims pretending to be gay in order to get asylum.

[yabitchonmydikk]

oh my god send em home

[TheChristianRight09]

Actually Kurdistan in Iraq is safe,unlike most of the middle east...

The Kurds have their own army and are a peaceful people....

[baillie67]

@themightyjoseph I think it would have been better if the british forces had never gone near the place but politics and politicians make the decisions not the soldiers.As for saddam i dont think the iraqis would have preferred him but my comment was in regard to the size of our island,and again i would say that we are over crowded and should not have anymore immigrants.We should look after our own first.

[themightyjoseph]

@baillie67 WHAT TYRANNY? The only Tyranny in Iraq is the tyranny US and UK created. Iraqis preferred Sadam way more then USA and UK.

[baillie67]

@themightyjoseph Would it not be better to stay and fight against tyranny?Britain is not big enough for the amount of immigrants who want to stay here.This is not being racist this is just being honest.