Iraq                                                                                                     Recent Case Law. Reports. Country Profile. Categories of Asylum seekers. Return of Afghanistan. Fresh Asylum Application. Human Right Act. Sangate agreement. General Information. Home Office Reports. Latest. Links.     1. Case Law.   On 20 June 2007, the Court of Appeal gave judgment in S ( Afganistan) [2007] EWCA Civ 54. Important Court of Appeal judgment may help if you claimed asylum ... The Court of Appeal gave judgment this morning in R (AR ... HM (Policy concessions not Convention recognition)[2006] UKAIT 00092. click here LM (Educated women - Chaldo-assyrians) [2006] UKAIT 00060 SA (Entry Clearance Application in Jordan - Proportionality) [2006] UKAIT 00011 HH (Iraq) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2006] EWCA Civ 1374 (09 October 2006) JA (Ethnic Palestinian, Iraq, Objective Evidence) Palestine CG [2005] UKIAT 00045 (27 January 2005)   Back to Top         2. Repots.   Amnesty International Report,2005. click here U.S Department of State Human Rights  Practice Report,2006. click here Human Rights Watch,2006.click here UNHCR Country Of Origin Information Report,2005. click here Home Office Country Of Origin Information  Report, 2006. click here Home Office Country Of Origin Information Bulletin,2006. click here United State Institute  Of Peace 2006, click here   Back to Top           3. Country Profile.   Wikipedia- Country Profile BBC News -Country Profile U.S Department of State -Country Background Note CIA World  Fact Book-Guide to Country Profile  Alert Net-Country Information IDMC- Map   Back to Top         4. Categoires of Asylum seekers.   Members of religious minorities   Click here Members of ethnic minorities       Click here Imputed political opinion.              Click here Membership in a particular social group Click here     Back to Top         5. Return.   The Home Office reached agreement with Iraq about enforced returns on 30 January 2005 and they removed a first group of Iraqi nationals on 20 November 2005. The Home Office consider that it is appropriate to return all failed asylum seekers to Iraq as local circumstances permit but for the time being they are only returning people who are from the Kurdish Regional Government administered area of Iraq.However the Home Office stated that for the time being, they will not be enforcing the return of women , childern and pre-existing family units.They considered that it is Internal Flight or Relocation Alternative (IFA/IRA ). Click here UNHCR Return advisory and position on international protection needs of Iraqis outside Iraq, December 2006. click here   Forced removal is alarming given scale of refugee crisis in Iraq        Dozens of Iraqi Kurds Deported.. Again       Back to Top         6. Fresh Claims.   Bakhtear Rashid Failed asylum seekers may request that their cases are reviewed  in the light of the Court of Appeal judgment in the case of the High Court cases of R (A): (H) & (AH). The Court of Appeal, in the case of R ( Rashid) V Home Secretary [EWCA/CIV/2005/744] ruled that Mr Rashid should be granted Indefinite Leave to Remain because of series of errors, which in its view amounted to conspicuous unfairness in the processing of his asylum application.  The cases of R(A): ( H) & ( AH) clarfiy the scope of the rashid judgment. The scope of Rashid judgment and High Court judgment in R (A): (H) & (AH) is available  from www.homeoffice. For the Home Office Guidance on this please see  1 August 2006 ( Iraq Policy bulletin 2/2006 refers) Health Health -care System on Verage of Collapse,RFE Reports ,2006.click here   Back to Top         7. Human Right Act.    Article 2  Article 3  Article 5  Article 6  Article 8  Article 9  Article 14     Back to Top       8.  Sangate agreement .                                                                                                                                         Back to Top       9.  General Information.   General info........                                                                                                          Safety fears force last major British charity to quit Iraq   Back to Top       10.  Home Office Reports.   Operational Guidance Note,2006 Country Specific Asylum Policy OGNs, Home Office 1 August 2006 ( Iraq Policy bulletin 2/2006 refers)   Back to Top       11. Latest.   Latest news........       A new Human Rights Watch report, "The Human Cost," accuses the Taliban, Hezb-e-Islami and other insurgent groups of war crimes in Afghanistan. ...      Human Rights Watch slams Afghan insurgents                                                                                  Back to Top         12. Links.   Please note that we are  not responsible for the content of external internet sites. 1-Baghdad Burning  An anonymous Iraqi woman presents eyewitness accounts and political analysis of life in the war ..... Third prize winner of the Lettre Ulysses Award for the Art of Reportage Nominated for the 2006 Samuel Johnson Prize 2-Iraqi Association The Iraqi Association is a non-profit organisation that exists to enable Iraqis to settle and integrate in this country with rights to express their cultural identities..... 3-Niqash.org Niqash is a space for Iraqi citizens to exchange views on the current political process and to debate the processes that are shaping the Iraqi society. Its main focus is on issues relevant to the drafting of the new Iraqi constitution. Its main... 4-raqSlogge       Back to Top