08.2007 - Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees

UNHCR Eligibility guidelines for assessing international protection needs of Iraqi asylum seekers (current situation, main groups practising violence, particular groups at risk, internal flight or relocation alternative) ("UNHCR's Eligibility Guidelines for Assessing the International Protection Needs of Iraqi Asylum-seekers") [ID 22176]

The eligibility guidelines include a detailed outline on ethnic and religious groups, security situation, political, as well as social developments and considerations on internal flight alternatives. The annex lists attacks on particular groups at risk and offers maps of Iraq.

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16.11.2006 - Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees

Considerations by UNHCR on the occasion of the intended start of deportations of Iraqi citizens from Germany ("UNHCR-Erwägungen zum Beginn von Abschiebungen irakischer Staatsangehöriger") [ID 18038]

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22.10.2004 - Source: ReliefWeb

UNHCR advised the States to wait until the situation in Iraq stabilises before sending back rejected asylum seekers ("UN refugee agency warns governments against returning Iraqis home (UNHCR)") [#26589],  [ID 10988]

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09.2004 - Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees

Return Advisory regarding Iraqi Asylum Seekers and Refugees ("Return Advisory regarding Iraqi Asylum Seekers and Refugees") [#26525],  [ID 10989]

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08.2004 - Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees

Report on the current security and legal situation, material safety, displacement situation, human rights and protection situation as well as an overall analysis ("Country of Origin Information (COI) paper on Iraq (as of August 2004)") [#24717],  [ID 10990]

Overall Analysis of the Return Environment

"So far, an estimated 189,000 people have spontaneously returned from Iran. . This figure, which is based on new registrations in the Public Distribution System, may however not be completely accurate as cases of double registration have been reported. As of 4 August 2004, 12,849 individuals have returned with UNHCR assistance from Saudi Arabia and Iran. Most people who have opted for voluntary repatriation from Iran and Saudi Arabia have returned to areas where their ethnic or religious group constitutes a majority. They therefore usually do not suffer from any systemic discrimination. However, as all other Iraqis, they suffer from the prevailing insecurity as well as lack of law and order. They also remain in dire need of assistance to help them reintegrate in communities whose absorption capacity is limited and where humanitarian and development activities are presently difficult to implement due to the prevailing security situation. Moreover, Iraqi returnees face a number of problems relating to their rights to housing, identification, freedom of movement and property restitution. Furthermore, housing, a general problem throughout Iraq, affects returnees in particular and specifically in the South. Many of the Marsh Arab families have returned to very impoverished areas. While homeless families have moved into public buildings or schools, others have sought accommodation with extended family members. Some returning families have even moved to partially-destroyed power stations. The need to pursue shelter solutions for these groups is pressing. Returnees often lack documentation which would facilitate their freedom of movement and access to basic services. For many of those who have returned with UNHCR assistance to Iraq, their only means of identification is the voluntary repatriation form that UNHCR has provided. As for those who have repatriated spontaneously, a significant number of them have no documentation at all, especially those who were previously expelled from Iraq and stripped of their nationalities."

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18.11.2003 - Source: Integrated Regional Information Network

UNHCR continues to advocate for temporary protection ("original source") [ID 10991]

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