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Iraq sends Iraqi asylum seekers back to UK - entry refused

by mudricky | October 16, 2009 at 07:28 am

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A number of Iraqi's who were deported from the United Kingdom and sent back to Iraq have been refused entry when they arrived at Baghdad.

The group of 40 or so asylum seekers and now been brought back to the UK and are waiting to be deported again at the Brook House detention centre near Gatwick airport, London.

A Refugee and Migrant Justice spokeswoman said: "One would have expected with such a high profile remove, the Home Office would have sorted this out with the Iraqi authorities."

"For such a high profile groups to be returned is unprecedented."

Iraqi asylum seekers sent back to Baghdad by the UK government have been refused re-entry to their homeland, and flown back to Britain.
The flight, carrying about 40 asylum seekers, landed in Baghdad on Thursday. Ten were admitted but the rest were turned away and have now arrived back.

Human rights group Refugee and Migrant Justice said this was "unprecedented".

The Home Office said it was working with the Iraqi government to iron out issues that caused some to be returned.

The asylum seekers are now at Brook House detention centre near Gatwick airport where they are being given legal advice, according to a Refugee and Migrant Justice spokeswoman.

She said: "One would have expected with such a high profile remove, the Home Office would have sorted this out with the Iraqi authorities