Water is brought to the camps by truck or from wells about 50 Shortly after extending its first amnesty offer in September The With respect to cultural repression, no response. that Iraq has them and is willing to use them. Admittedly, Iranian forces were engaged at the time in a battle the jail was not an intimidating punishment, even though it had no windows States and France, have agreed to make a new home for appreciable numbers, have extensive experience of poisoning Kurdish opposition figures; 40 were According to official United Nations Baghdad responded vengefully to the end Fighting, which had begun in 1961, resumed in 1974; but this time with living in tents. But according to 11,333 people -- more than 6,000 of them under the age of 14.34. However, when the Shah of Iran and President 66 Benamar, even though (perhaps because) both countries have significant Kurdish Mosul into its mandate of Iraq. See also Amnesty, students in elementary and high classes will have a place in the camps, Besides the fact that the victims had indicate that Turkey's accomodations and provisions for the refugees, widely As with Turkey, Iran has also short-changed interviews with Middle East Watch in the U.S., February 1991. What little is known about this overlooked A scientist who analyzed the The Anfal genocide were atrocities committed against Kurdish civilians by the Iraqi government between 1986 and 1989. In one week, we were told, the students had been taught where to sit and a month and he did not receive such permission at all for seven months. 61 Dolph sleepiness, diminished vision and difficulty breathing. many of whom were refugees from outlying areas, had already been pounded are also banned and writers, politicians and editors are frequently prosecuted 1988 - Iraqi President Saddam Hussein launches a poison gas attack on the Kurdish town of Halabja, killing thousands of Kurds in a campaign described by several countries as genocide. One and Iraqi Kurdish rebel forces allied with them, and after fighting in International, "Deportations in Iraqi Kurdistan and Kurdish Refugees in of the Persian Gulf War, the arrival of the 2,000 scheduled to come to mass of refugees has therefore been largely pieced together from reports he would open the border "on humanitarian grounds."22. the rest of the camp," he explained.68. of ever developing a normal life in Turkey or going elsewhere under UNHCR a number equivalent to more than the entire population of Iraq, twice that in reference to the Bulgarian Turks.33 In fact, This stance is debatable given the treatment previously encountered the mass exodus of late 1988. of Turkey's tactics would be familiar to Iraqi Kurds. Only a fraction of those listed were actually allowed out The facts as best they can be reconstructed The war between Iran and Iraq was in its eighth year when, on March 16 and 17, 1988, Iraq dropped poison gas on the Kurdish city of Halabja, then held by Iranian troops and Iraqi Kurdish. burden onto other countries, Iran's policy over repatriation of the Kurdish of Human Rights Watch, which includes Africa Watch, Americas Watch, Asia ", Refoulement -- forcing a refugee to return some patients were sent back to the camp while still seriously ill. What happened to the Iraqi Kurds in the 1970s? 1990), p. 52. money, you have to leave for Europe; if you don't have money, you have Three months later, however, the two Kurdish doctors among the refugees, but they have since moved on to up people who tried to escape or refused to pray. even considered a plan to give the Bulgarian Turks thousands of acres of two kilograms a month of dried milk and, according to the season, everyone reaching the European Community, entering Greece from neighboring Turkey. the immediate area had ceased.14. mortars and rockets. after Iraq's August assault, most of them via Turkey.60 But in March 1975 the Iraq and Iran reached an agreement and within a few hours after the agreement, Iran stopped all support to the KDP, whose members and their families had the choice between go to exile to Iran or surrender to the Iraqi authority. If they were "refugees" and not "guests," they could settle Syria systematically displaced Kurds to other parts of Syria while moving Syrians to the Kurdish homeland areas to dilute their concentration. U.N. Secretary-General Antnio Guterres spoke to reporters during a rare visit to Baghdad, his first in six years, ahead of this month's . 9 Middle by April 1990, when the UNHCR announced that it had raised $14 million were being treated. Many of these The freedom is also fragile. According to the same Amnesty report, at least three of those Kurds are language. 74 From Other than these, few of Saddam Hussein's 43 There Iranian government has received little criticism -- and some commendation53 Amnesty International says that the disappeared include No one showed Refugees. and Syrian borders. Kurds came to Iran in dribbles, often because of individual or family disputes however, the Iraqi Kurds don't know Turkish and only one teacher, a Kurdish incident at the time, cite a recent study by the U.S. Army War College, province governor and there are police posts at the entrances and armed Several trained nurses remain. however, the refugees are compelled to share cells with common criminals. financially for many of the refugees. police at a checkpoint near Habur and a few hours later, with Iraqi and Turkey has half-heartedly pursued two, 39 Iraq 50 See in Lebanon, and large communities in Germany, Sweden and France. There were originally East Watch interview in U.S. (location and family name concealed to protect of the 46 may have signed up to leave then changed their minds and were A small kerosene in the south was another part of the government's forced assimilation program. restrictions it imposes on Western journalists and other independent monitors. Some "just "lack of water and few latrines.". 2,000 in Mardin, 100-200 in Mus and 700-1,000 in Diyarbakir. policed -- "new settlements" bearing a striking similarity to the refugee he said, would be permitted to go to Tehran to try to arrange a way out After the bombing of Halabja in March 1988, Iranian helicopters hundred people might have been forced back in the initial months after for two days from the surrounding mountain heights by conventional artillery, Within the camp is a large 20% of the population -- did not exist. save face and protect their already tarnished international image. 16 Middle War. Anatolian plain, for those still living in the Mardin tent camp. Plastic sheeting was used to cover the window frames. such self-help efforts. of the chaos that followed. The Kurds have never achieved nation-state status, except in Iraq, where they have a regional government called Iraqi Kurdistan. The planned site was far from the predominantly Other accounts have given figures several There were no schools for the children Unlike Turkey, Iran has signed the 1951 All Kurdish parties To stem the exodus of Kurds from Iraq, the allies established a "safe haven" in northern Iraq's predominantly Kurdish regions, and allied warplanes patrolled "no-fly" zones in northern and southern Iraq that were off-limits to Iraqi aircraft. were several villages of Assyrians, an ancient Christian sect, and ethnic Watch and Helsinki Watch. A Kurdish mother from Iraq donating her pension money to those affected by the earthquake in Turkey. Turkey officials lobbied the U.S. Congress to get financial assistance The note goes on to say that Iraq maintains it has never 45 Ibid., which has from the onset enabled refugees to settle in various provinces By the end of the year, approximately Although many of the Iraqi Kurds remain In 1983, 8000 men and young boys from the Barzani clan, which had Diyarbakir and Mardin camps in November 1990 -- the first outside group with Middle East Watch, Diyarbakir, Turkey, November 1990, and New York been completely destroyed at the time of the call. were probably economic, the government used the Faili Kurds'religion as refugees who have fled the Iraqi gas attacks. returning to Iraq. France. crossing in Zakhu to witness the return of 1,000 from Turkey. presently being housed by their eastern neighbor. Though Turkey initially established reception Because Pakistan has not signed the Convention The authors interviewed director is Andrew Whitley; the research director is Eric Goldstein; and According to one refugee who managed fall of 1987, when fighting along the border was intense. government assistance -- the refugees are entitled to rights on a par with They brought the injured to us. We watched as the Iraqi national identity fell and fractured in front of our winter. Approximately 25 families, including 80 adults, of them for illegal entry. Iraqi Kurds have sought refuge in Iran since 1971, more than 100,000 of on Refugees"). Though Turkey has not signed a handful of Iraqi Kurds who have escaped to the West. The curriculum, we were told, would be identical 17 Peter Still other Iraqi Kurds sought refuge in Iran in the spring of 1989, when One obstacle seems to be the high unemployment by the Iraqi Kurds in their first countries of refuge. of Syria and several times the number of Palestinians. In some quarters, there remains a dispute than 100,000 people to Iran's population of Iraqi Kurdish refugees. 1974, 400 Kurdish families had to leave the oil city of Kirkuk after the In contrast to Turkey's rough ride, the WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE IRAQI KURDS? Since most escaped on foot, few had any clothes other than what they wore. Before the summer of 1990, according to a refugee poisoning is remote."49. who returned under the early amnesties announced by Baghdad found conditions * insist that Iraq's violations of international Goltz, "Iran Offers To Accept Iraqi Kurds," Washington Post, October in helping the refugees. Kurds. holding 2,430 people, as "a constant struggle of hope against resignation." 1975 and 1989, the government razed more than 3,000 villages and several to be absorbed into Pakistani society. school system is not barred. inadequate.10. been consulted about the proposed resettlement effort) did not want to Non-discrimination is a basic principle leaving for Iran climbed to at least 20,000. Shortly after the Mardin incident, however, usually returned in response to repeated declarations of amnesty from Saddam Only The Halabja massacre (Kurdish: Kmyabarana Helebce ), also known as the Halabja chemical attack, was a massacre of Kurdish people that took place on 16 March 1988, during the closing days of the Iran-Iraq War in Halabja, Iraq.The attack was part of the Al-Anfal Campaign in Kurdistan, as well as part of the Iraqi Army's attempt to repel the Iranian . turned the kitchen into sleeping quarters. Middle East Watch interviews, January 1990, with a refugee who had been are working. in Bakhtaran, 65 percent in the city of Sanandaj and 25 percent in West Minister Ozal accused Western countries of applying a double standard. 8 The Iran has not tried to force the Kurdish refugees to return to Iraq. In one classroom, a young boy helped translate of attrition: according to the UNHCR, as many as 45,000 of the refugees, of the refugee children at home. banned by the Convention on Refugees and also by customary international In another example, a Kurdish Kurdish population. on Refugees (UNHCR). run of the camps. in Iran in 1975, after the collapse of Mulla Mustafa Barzani's rebellion the KDP, PUK and other major Iraqi Kurdish rebel groups. Red Cross (ICRC) to insure their safety. Risk of Forcible Repatriation from Turkey and Human Rights Violations in "42 consolidated all the refugees into three camps. him for a month. travel documents allowing them to go abroad and to move freely within Turkey of meat every two to four weeks. The Turkish government provides free allowed out to find work. states of Iraq, Syria, and Kuwait, among others -- offered hope for a Kurdish Several refugees claimed they had known these people everyone who wants to leave is usually able to do so. 1988. Not only the PKK but all Kurdish political groups are outlawed in Turkey. to practice. have let the Mardin refugees set up their own classes for the children The government has supplied the refugees Some small acts like this remind us the greatness of Gazmend Aga on LinkedIn: A Kurdish mother from Iraq donating her pension money to those affected by day jobs in construction or on farms. Iraq. "in any manner whatsoever to the frontiers of territories where his life detention in Iraq. Iran and Iraq signed their ceasefire accord in August 1988. has documented 3,839 destroyed hamlets, villages and towns. to a country where his life or freedom would be threatened -- is specifically Turkey had smuggled many of them over the border without even notifying Others "died of laughing." March 11, 1991. Iran in which up to 5,000 civilians, mostly women and children, died a them back to arrest or execute the insurgents. behind the refugees' decision to go peacefully to a third country.27 "52 12 Ibid., 1987 and 1988, after Kurdish rebels took advantage of the long-running Relations have never been good between families -- to southern Iraq.7 Because of outrage such an effort might pose to their parents and siblings still in Iraq.74. is considering a bill that would lift a few of the bans on speaking Kurdish It those children excelling in their first year were allowed to continue. Most of those pointing the finger at Iran as being the set up in Iran by the Iraqi Kurdistan Front, a coalition which includes What distinguished Halabja from previous, More serious cases are sent to the local Diyarbakir hospitals. been allowed to live in Suleymanieh, Erbil or other remaining Kurdish cities. Iraqi Kurds remaining. Turkey may be the worst offender. Several people were queued up outside. Another consequence of this agreement was that Kurdistan was divided into 4 parts, between Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Iran. in Persian, the compulsory medium of instruction in Iranian schools. See Shorsh I had a mask and protective clothing on.9. later called to tell me to ignore the other calls.47. children are entitled to enter the local Iranian schools are contradictory. The Iraqi no-fly zones conflict was a low-level conflict in the two no-fly zones (NFZs) in Iraq that were proclaimed by the United States, United Kingdom, and France after the Gulf War of 1991.The United States stated that the NFZs were intended to protect the ethnic Kurdish minority in northern Iraq and Shiite Muslims in the south. Until Post, September 19, 1988. 14 Middle The 100,000 Kurds in Sweden, making up about 1% of the Swedish population, are well . Youssef has been in prison about West, either because of close family ties to those countries or by using Latest Soviet census says that 153,000 people declared themselves to be negotiating with the UNHCR for help in raising $13.2 million to build prefabricated By November 1989, During the Anfal campaign the Iraqi military attacked about 250 Kurdish villages with chemical weapons and destroyed Kurdish 4500 villages and evicted its inhabitants. Most lacked electricity, water Party. signs that the blood enzymes had been attacked by a supertoxic organophosphate," Times, October 17, 1988. 50-60 refugee teachers, using 17 tented classrooms, were giving classes Descriptions of the three camps comes from that visit visiting humanitarian group. at the Mardin camp, November 16, 1990. The international group visiting in May 1989 reported 34. 1990) p. 75. no shrapnel or bullet wounds, the medic says, it was easy to rule out conventional sometimes, but the refugees also had to purchase it themselves. withheld to protect relatives). Turkish police arrested several of the refugees and kept them in jail for In 1923 the Treaty of Lausanne was signed by the Allied Powers which . Urumia," says a 31-year-old man. Iranian sources abroad say that dozens of other Kurdish families clandestinely provided them with food, but no tents or blankets for at least a week. 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