(posted 7717 days ago)Officials ready to send hundreds of Kurds back to Iraq
By Ian Burrell Home Affairs CorrespondentIndependent
11 February 2003The Home Office is planning to return to the Kurdish region of Iraq hundreds of failed asylum-seekers, many of whom are living in destitution in British cities.
Refugee groups said the region was not safe and predicted an "outcry" if ministers went ahead with the plans while allied troops leave for the Gulf.
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees in Geneva said: "There's such a huge question mark hanging over the whole country. It would seem not a very opportune moment to send people back."
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