UNHCR calls on European countries to stop deportations of Iraqi refugees
Sunday, September 5th, 2010By Eric C. Sigmund
Impunity Watch Reporter, Middle East
Just days after the official withdrawal of American troops from Iraq, the United Nation’s High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has called on European countries to halt the return of Iraqi refugees to the country. UNHCR’s appeal came in response to the forced return of 61 Iraqi refugees from four countries last week. The Commissioner expressed concern about continuing violence within Iraq. UNHCR spokesman Adrian Edwards told journalists that the Commissioner “strongly urge[s] European governments to provide Iraqis with protection until the situation in their areas of origin in Iraq allows for safe and voluntary returns.”











