Hello,
Recently the government of Iraq decided to stop all forced deportations to the country. This decision was conveyed to the Swedish embassy in Baghdad. However, the government of Sweden and the Swedish Migration Board keep deporting people there. Right now a new massdeportation from Sweden to Baghdad is planned, possibly on the 17th of October.
To date 1730 Iraqis have been sent to Iraq with chartered airplanes. In the beginning the deportations were a Frontex project but now Sweden is the only country that keeps deporting Iraqis in groups. During the past three years one chartered plane per month has left Swedish grounds bound for Iraq. This has been done without much media attention and with anonymous white buses, in order to protect the praticipating bus companies.
Last week the chairman of the Iraqi parlament, Osama Al Najaf, the Iraqi foreign minister Hoshyar Zebari and the Brittish foreign minister William Hague met in order to discuss forced deportations of Iraqi asylum seekers. Iraq strongly ciritices European countries that carry out forced deportations of Iraqis.
http://www.alsumarianews.com/ar/iraq-politics-news/-1-47841.htm
The prime minister of Iraq is right now in Sweden on an official visit, however the meeting with the Swedish migration minister and the government is kept secret.
During the week before the coming massdeportation we will do our best to put light on what is going on but we need your help! This is a call out to groups all over Europe to carry out protest actions outside Swedish embassies, demanding that Sweden stops the massdeportions to Iraq.
Please send reports, articles and pictures from the protests to antidep@gmail.com.
It is also of great help if Swedish media is made aware of protests that occur in other countries. Press releases, articles etc can be sent to any or all of the following media: red.skane@metro.se, redaktion@skd.se, sydnytt@svt.se, sydsvenskan@sydsvenskan.se, p1morgon@sr.se, lars.linder@dn.se, caroline.goransson@svt.se, petter.larsson@efterarbetet.se, konflikt@sr.se, alex.schulman@aftonbladet.se, mikael.funke@sydsvenskan.se, linda.petersson@tv4.se, ramin.farzin@sverigesradio.se, 71000@aftonbladet.se, tipsa@svd.se, redaktion@city.se, internetred@sydsvenskan.se, internet@hd.se, p3morgonpasset@sr.se, peter.f.andersson@hd.se, brith.lindahl@hd.se, nyheterna.kristianstad@sverigesradio.se, red.skane@metro.se, redaktion@skd.se, sydnytt@svt.se, sydsvenskan@sydsvenskan.se, p1morgon@sr.se, lars.linder@dn.se, caroline.goransson@svt.se, tomas.ramberg@sverigesradio.se, kaliber@sverigesradio.se, p1morgon@sverigesradio.se
We will also update our website and facebook regularly with pictures and info from the actions!!
Thanks!
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Aktion mot deportation
www.aktionmotdeportation.se
Bron : Lina Hällström
