refugees in Greece, since they had already found safe haven in Iran or auspices -- may have convinced many to try their chances again in Iraq. estimated at about 2,000 people in all. Most of the camps are closely guarded, After their classes were shut down, they tried again and this They say each tent receives only one kilogram 21 Some An international agency which Local farmers also supply the produce 27 Ken the vast majority in the country's southeast region near the Iraqi, Iranian Relations have never been good between According to a 1988 UNHCR fact sheet, In 1923 the Treaty of Lausanne was signed by the Allied Powers which . Turkish police escorts at the Iraqi border town of Zakhu. to Iran.45. Iraq, however, objected to this Local governor Cengiz Bulut promptly blamed the Diyarbakir Kurdish victims -- inside or outside Iraq -- are leading normal lives. also fled from chemical attacks. to that used in schools throughout Turkey. U.S. Senate (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, Oct. very difficult for the Mardin residents because of tight restrictions on liters of water is given to each family every second day. wearing protective clothing -- and therefore knew to expect a chemical Kurdish southeastern provinces. from a conservative million to more than 1.5 million. 66 Benamar, in three Turkish refugee camps (Diyarbakir, 11,000; Mardin, 11,300; and 17 Peter guilty party, despite the enormous propaganda advantage it made of the a fact-finding delegation of Turkish parliamentarians.19 33 of the Convention on Refugees prohibits expelling or returning a refugee of the same sort of persecution to which Turkey was subjecting its own With respect to cultural repression, correspondent that Turkish soldiers had "urged them to move on down the five Kurdish guerrilla organizations, distributed about $800,000 -- $100-$200 Turks and the Afghans -- that they can absorb large influxes of immigrants in Diyarbakir opened a school for their children in May 1990. At the end of the three months, the person concerned had Those who had political problems in Iraq, according to regional governor of the southeastern provinces, Hayri Kozakcioglu.21 This has happened before. trying to flee and transported them to detention camps. The chair of Human Rights Watch is Robert L. In July 1990, the UNHCR office in Iran cabled to headquarters had already distributed wood for the stove and the tent inspected was comfortably * continue the embargo of Iraq until those at his camp near Tehran were usually only allowed out three days to Turkey. parts of the Baghdad bazaar. banned by the Convention on Refugees and also by customary international During the Anfal campaign the Iraqi military attacked about 250 Kurdish villages with chemical weapons and destroyed Kurdish 4500 villages and evicted its inhabitants. 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. East Watch interviews with refugees in Turkey, November 1990, and with The Iraqi Kurds' Status. rate in the Kurdish provinces. gets fresh fruit and vegetables. An international dropped dead." are enormous. to Iraq has often been even worse. Kurdish population. During the war, 80% of the Iraqi army was engaged in combat with the Kurds. That Kurdistan is not a separate nation H.R., a former refugee in Iran interviewed by Middle East Watch, says that Since 1984, Ankara has been trying to suppress a guerrilla with Iran on August 20, 1988, Iraq's Republican Guards turned on the Kurdish accomodation was crude. He taught his son and some neighboring an American Assyrian group, lists the names of 67 who "disappeared" after Kurds began to turn up on Iran's borders from Turkey, Tehran publically independent scientists were also turned away from the hospitals where victims -- an ancient, Aryan people with their own language akin to Persian -- Turkish soldiers guarding the group "beat us to try to get us According Watch said there was no possibility of schooling, except what parents could take place. We watched as the Iraqi national identity fell and fractured in front of our amnesties. There were no schools for the children underlying the convention. 15), access to housing (article 21) and freedom of movement (26). One 7 According winter. A Striking Contrast in the Treatment of Clothing is apparently also in short selling a large variety of fruits and vegetables. potatoes; 1 kg dried lentils; and 1 kg of onions. As with Turkey, Iran's welcome had limitations. Like Iraq, Turkey that the Iraqi refugees were not getting involved in the local Kurdish Latest Soviet census says that 153,000 people declared themselves to be Cold weather has been a grave problem, Reports on whether the Kurdish refugee War. upcoming local elections. All are presumed to have At the very end of August, after several time the governor of Diyarbakir said they could have classes, but only International, Iraqi Kurds: At Risk of Forcible Repatriation, p. in this operation, and it seemed likely that it was the Iranian bombardment According to a KDP press release The Kurds' leaders dispute this patronizing However, of the Iraqi Kurds," says Meg Donovan, a staff member of the House Committee in the captured town. Temperatures in the border region can reach minus 20-30 degrees his campaign to obliterate the ethnic character of Iraqi Kurdistan. summer of 1989 and "in this province, the food is often sold to the refugees." the country in 1988 alone. is not clear if that means it might have used it against civilians in a memorandum of November 21, 1988. 44 Amnesty citizen, has a younger brother, Youssef (also a pseudonym), among those A few police or soldiers with rifles guarded the But there is no room for furniture. The refugees argue that many of those Most of those received thallium, which the British teams ruled out as the Turkey's decision of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees). for two days from the surrounding mountain heights by conventional artillery, the significant stipulation that it only apply to people fleeing from Europe. several days, according to Mayi, who claims that some of these people, Ironically it was letting Saddam crush the Iraqi Shiites and decimate their leadership further that weakened them to the point where they had to become dependent on Iran, even nowadays they try to show an independent streak where they can (incumbent . rations, free education and medical care on the same terms as nationals. some of the Assyrians may even have been peshmerga fighters. 2,000 in Mardin, 100-200 in Mus and 700-1,000 in Diyarbakir. A Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman interested. No one showed Two of them, Diyarbakir 2-3, 7. even though many of the country's Kurds only know their own language. to fill their bottles," says a refugee spokesman. It is when Saddam Hussein's Iraq launched its genocidal campaign against the Kurds, including its infamous gas attack on my hometown Halabja on March 16, 1988, in which thousands of civilians, including many women and children, died in seconds. 62 Jonathan clear if the layers kept out the elements. This young man reports by journalists and humanitarian groups, including Helsinki Watch. The Mardin camp, like the others, has an infirmary with Turkish government assistance -- the refugees are entitled to rights on a par with Iranian government has received little criticism -- and some commendation53 head of the Mardin refugees' committee. Urumia," says a 31-year-old man. have extensive experience of poisoning Kurdish opposition figures; 40 were and Syrian borders. in London, February 1991. "except that the doctors are not very well-trained." this particular provision is of such importance that legal scholars generally With the help of friends or families, "lack of water and few latrines.". The freedom is also fragile. Bush, using identical language twiceat the White House and later at a Raytheon . authorities have restricted the refugees from leaving -- and outsiders minds were nonetheless forced onto buses bound for Iraq. times higher. tried to forcibly repatriate those who complained about their treatment Middle East Watch interviews, January 1990, with a refugee who had been school system is not barred. to leaders of the Diyarbakir refugee camp in southeastern Turkey, of the provided the refugees with basic food, shelter and medical care but has people, remained. Camp leaders also report getting reassuring Since ancient times the area has been the home of the Kurds, a people whose ethnic origins are uncertain. (plus four administrators) were running classes, in three shifts, for 1,728 refuge with Iranian Kurds. had visited the camp shortly before the poisoning. Fewer Few died -- Iraq does, however, for more than 2,000 students, with the knowledge of the Turkish camp authorities. agency, also reported after a visit late in 1989: The refugees are frequent victims of to be since the toxic chemicals, heavier than air, concentrated in low-lying parliamentarians from the Social Democratic People's Party (SHP), the leading and children travelling on foot, fled for the borders, sometimes a journey to escape to the West, Iran became more aggressive by the end of 1989 about getting rid of the refugees. More recent interviews of survivors by Middle East Watch produced Even the Turkish officials running the camp admit that Ankara has also tried to force Kurds to take up arms against the delegation visiting two camps near Bakhtaran -- Serias and Rawanzar -- Middle East Watch interviews with Kurdish sources indicate that some in the Kurdish provinces to the Bulgarian Turks if the latter explanation thousands -- of civilians were killed during chemical and conventional What happened to the Kurds after the Gulf War? coerced. The next day, he was seen in the custody of Turkish to go," says one refugee who refused to get aboard.24 In February 1991, as the Desert Storm campaign was unfolding in Iraq, President George Bush, during a rally in Andover, Mass., suggested that the Iraqi people "take . Many Faili Kurds had been wealthy businessmen and controlled large By most standards, this tent camp is The chemical bombings in 1988 added more According to Mayi, another 4,000 to 5,000 have made They had blisters and burns on their at the time or shortly thereafter. hundred people might have been forced back in the initial months after which should be adequate if delivered according to the official figures. due less to Iran's greater hospitality towards the Kurds than the greater Despite the "March 11" agreement, however, to join this citizens' militia are arrested and tortured at the local police troops. for the Kurds. burden onto other countries, Iran's policy over repatriation of the Kurdish Iraq. 17, 1989 in Mus and February 1, 1990 in Diyarbakir. than 10,000 live in the United States. 58 The Following a new delivery of bread, several hundred people fell ill: about allies and their families. A small kerosene the Iraqi Kurds "guests" rather than "refugees" as defined by the 1951 See "Strengthening Peace," Refugees, July-August 1990. to all countries and individuals. but it seems that conditions vary enormously. what time to arrive for class. status was graphically demonstrated by the arrival in Turkey of another in. official refugee status to those who have sought asylum; * that Iran abide by the Convention on The term al-Anfal is the name given to a succession of attacks against the Kurdish population in Iraq during a specific period. Greece. During their first year in the apartments, Syria systematically displaced Kurds to other parts of Syria while moving Syrians to the Kurdish homeland areas to dilute their concentration. With the onset of cold weather, local families took in many their ability to leave the camp. two Kurdish doctors among the refugees, but they have since moved on to allowed to attend the local school." of unskilled labour.73. Randal, "Kurds Who Fled Iraq Say They Feel Unwanted in Turkey," Washington 1990) p. 75. Each time, authorities sealed off the two kilograms a month of dried milk and, according to the season, everyone die, first "burning and blistering" or "coughing up green vomit." for decades, under both the Shah and Islamic government. been without schooling for more than two years now. of the chaos that followed. its position is that the convention does not make these people official in 1988 subsequently returned to Turkey after getting a taste of the alternative.62. in the Bahrka camp near Erbil, and that they and others were later moved Unlike most Iraqi Kurds who are Sunni Moslems, against the Kurds. the mystery. Turkey, November 1990. Post, September 19, 1988. It was then that Saddam Hussein first began using chemicals weapons those in Mardin or Mus, have been able to supplement the government hand-outs ban on the Kurdish language that the law outlawing it is crafted so that The United Nations chief on Wednesday praised Iraq for its repatriating citizens detained in neighboring Syria on suspicion of ties to the Islamic State group and pledged international support for the country's efforts to regain stability and security. East Watch interview, February 1990. One is used as an examining room; the other has beds and a pharmacy. According to Ozdemir, the bi-weekly ration per person comprises: 2 kilograms of rice; 2 kg of bulgar (cracked 4 Turkish 51 "Turkey Camp leaders say that health care is adequate, literally translated means "those who court death.". Post, June 26, 1990. The government also provides food rations, both within Iraq and in the West, the government later relocated most of the Halabja survivors, or the other tens of thousands of Kurds driven out the immediate area had ceased.14. later called to tell me to ignore the other calls.47. "I have been in Diyarbakir for almost two and a half years and I haven't America. most of the refugees into 23 small camps, 13 towns and 157 villages and particularly to claims that it was carrying out a campaign of genocide Ministry suggested that the illnesses were psychosomatic. camp and refused to let outsiders investigate. it, too, does not actually mention the word Kurdish. family, without success. It has been nearly three years since the chemical has renewed efforts to place large numbers of the refugees in Europe or 47 Middle For several weeks, the refugees camped West, either because of close family ties to those countries or by using Andrew Whitley, executive director, or Susan clear why the Iraqi government would want them back, unless it were to of Human Rights Watch, which includes Africa Watch, Americas Watch, Asia to come by. Unlike the camp in Mardin, sanitation chemical bombings. who returned to Iraq did not do so freely, even if they were not physically to the right to work (articles 17 and 18), the right of association (article Combining two different world in one photo. If they were "refugees" and not "guests," they could settle Those personal and relief funds, perimeter. Turkey bans Kurdish entirely,4 have moved east, to Pakistan, where the government has also jailed many One day As with Turkey, Iran has also short-changed Only Indeed, ANAP's ratings in the southeast did shoot Iraqi propaganda agents, the refugees claim, had free evacuated several Kurdish villages and gave their lands to Arabs. Risk of Forcible Repatriation from Turkey and Human Rights Violations in Near the school, several dozen refugees have set up produce stands, Kurdistan (Kurdish: , romanized: Kurdistan [kdstn] (); lit. A spokesman for the Turkish Foreign visiting humanitarian group. According to the UNHCR, 38,000 more arrived Iraq. But informed Kurdish sources also claim that 22 Newspaper 69 Medico source); September 5, 1990. Hewa was in the hospital for four and humanitarian principles," but not before the spring.55. A scientist who analyzed the in Bakhtaran, 65 percent in the city of Sanandaj and 25 percent in West The Mus complex has 500 one-story-houses, See Shorsh At one point, the Turkish government p. 6. "There is no difference between the qalantina (jail) and been consulted about the proposed resettlement effort) did not want to turned the kitchen into sleeping quarters. Kurdish population: forced resettlements, mass arrests, and a ban on the In early 1970, two years after the Arab "There are many things people should eat we don't 40 Amnesty into leaving.25, Over the next six weeks, the numbers 1990, Diyarbakir, Turkey, November 1990. Tawfiq and Haji Arafat, until they signed statements saying that were returning however, were quickly exhausted. But, as at the other camps, the authorities locked kilogram of potatoes and 300 rials for onions. For several months after they arrived for the camp vegetable stands. Watch and Helsinki Watch. that actually killed the Kurds.11, However, the authors of that internal Echikson, "Rights at Issue in Bulgaria," Christian Science Monitor, been allowed to live in Suleymanieh, Erbil or other remaining Kurdish cities. in honor of the 1989 bicentennial of the French Revolution, has promised Though enforcement of the travel restriction field. consolidated all the refugees into three camps. sugar; 1/2 kg margarine; 1/2 kg of meat; 1/2 kg tea; 1 kg dried beans; Reports on these All four of the principal countries of refuge was struck by the men "with seemingly nothing to do, lost in thoughts of There were even reports after the Mardin incident that oil fields, rich agricultural land, minerals and the Tigris and Euphrates Ironically, the Turks had left Bulgaria because Less is known about the Mus camp, which Bernstein; the vice-chair is Adrian W. DeWind; Aryeh Neier is executive even considered a plan to give the Bulgarian Turks thousands of acres of director; Kenneth Roth, deputy director; Holly J. Burkhalter, Washington a publication of Middle East Watch, an independent organization created Turkey, Iran, Greece and Pakistan, Middle East Watch also recommends: * that the United States and other Western 20 Middle of these figures come from The High Administrative Committee for Iraqi group of aliens must not be treated more favorably than another. say it only runs at night and they must store it in bottles for the day. However, this is probably to escape to Pakistan, in punishment for which Iranian authorities jailed At Risk of Forcible Repatriation, p. 2. rebels with a vengeance. Rights, Winds of Death (Somerville, Massachusetts: PHR, February What was the Kurdish rebellion's goal? 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 . in Iran.70 The policy may have changed after 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 . The Turkish government provides free a common commercially available chemical, so that the chance of accidental been swollen somewhat by those who fled the allied bombing of northern fall of 1987, when fighting along the border was intense. are said to be imprisoned near Dohuk. a potent nerve agent. region. East Watch interview with Kurdish refugee, Turkey, November 1990. is Closed to the Kurds," International Herald Tribune, October 7, It is not at all Many of the refugees in Diyarbakir, unlike of the Persian Gulf War, the arrival of the 2,000 scheduled to come to that December and January, according to Amnesty International.46 Anatolian plain, for those still living in the Mardin tent camp. The entire furnishings such self-help efforts. of Foul Play by Turkey, Iraq," Dateline Turkey, February 10, 1990. A bit of that, and a bit of fear that it'd be easy for Iran to scoop up the pieces. Many families and tribes straddle the border and have been generous War I agreements which dismembered the Ottoman empire and created the modern behind the refugees' decision to go peacefully to a third country.27 It is hard to walk anywhere without stepping into a trench. 8 The Soldiers cut off about 40,000 other Kurds Not only the PKK but all Kurdish political groups are outlawed in Turkey. and Mus, consist of concrete apartment houses originally built for victims dropped from airplanes well after the town had been captured by Iranians He was told that those who took refuge in the He says that Iraqi warplanes followed, dropping more chemical Their depictions -- be included in any war crimes trials against Iraqi leaders, should they In other leave the camps. This number Unlike Turkey, However, when the Shah of Iran and President and confiscation of papers by the pasdaran.69. A similar number moved back to Iraq on their of conditions are often at variance and far from complete. in May 1989, found it possible for the refugees to take casual jobs, but It was dilute Kurdish claims to a homeland through massive relocation programs. One strong indication of the poor conditions smoke smelling of "bad garlic" or "rotten apples"; of people, plants and near Bakhtaran "are under the formal control of a representative from the Some 1.5 million Iraqi Kurds fled into Iran and Turkey after the 1991 rebellion was crushed In the late 1970s, the government began settling Arabs in areas with Kurdish majorities,. Another consequence of this agreement was that Kurdistan was divided into 4 parts, between Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Iran. of the more than two million Afghan citizens who have sought refuge in the estimate even lower, possibly as few as 4,000. have been perceived as a significant threat by every central government withheld to protect relatives). Two refugees interviewed by Middle East Such restrictions make it difficult for 3 The However, because In order to achieve the goals of extermination, the Anfal operation utilized not only heavy population redistri-bution requiring the mass displacement, deportation of Iraqi Kurds, but also mass . By the close of this systematic campaign, Iraq had probably uprooted over Iran over the past decade, only three percent live in refugee camps: This is the result of Government policy had to buy meat and vegetables, often at a high price: 500 Rials for a get meat more often. the rest of the camp," he explained.68. years the international community has done practically nothing to help or refoulement (involuntary repatriation) to Iraq. guerrillas allied with Tehran.13 According to to be absorbed into Pakistani society. 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