Iraq: Iranian asylum-seekers in Iraq at risk

Index Number: MDE 14/043/2011
Date Published: 2 November 2011
Categories: Iraq

Over 3,000 Iranian asylum-seekers living in a camp in Iraq are at serious risk of egregious human rights violations, including forcible return to Iran. The Iraqi authorities plan to close down the camp, which has previously been attacked several times by Iraqi security forces resulting in the death and injury of dozens of people.