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Event Announcement	Events > Event Announcement

Refugees in Turkey and Northern Iraq

Event Summary

In April 1991, some 450,000 Iraqi Kurds, fleeing their homes after the Gulf War, were denied entry into Turkey. Consequently, the international community established a 'safe haven' in the North of Iraq, an area of de facto Kurdish autonomy, whose defense has been assisted by the enforcement of the Northern No-Fly Zone. As a new war now unfolds in Iraq, the fate of the Kurds and those who have fled to the relative safety of the enclave is unknown. The Turkish government is reported to be ready to enter into Northern Iraq to hold back any refugee flow caused by unfolding events.

WHO:

Kemal Kirisçi, Professor of International Relations and Jean Monnet Chair in European Integration at Bogaziçi University, Istanbul
Dr. Pary Karadaghi, Director of Kurdish Human Rights Watch, based in Fairfax, Virginia
Moderator: Joanne van Selm, Senior Policy Analyst for the Migration Policy Institute, dealing with European migration issues, and a Senior Researcher at the Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies at the University of Amsterdam

WHAT: Unfolding Refugee Issues in Turkey and Northern Iraq - a special addition to MPI's European Commission supported series on "Migration Policy, Politics and Processes in the EU."

WHEN: Thursday, April 3 8:30-10:00 AM

WHERE: 1400 16th Street, NW Ground floor conference room A

RSVP: Ana Claros at (202) 266-1940 or aclaros@migrationpolicy.org.