Iraqi Refugees

Reflecting on Iraq: Ten Years On

Sara Daoud | Posted 08.05.2013 | UK Universities & Education
Sara Daoud

A decade has passed since George Bush issued an ultimatum, demanding that Saddam Hussein and his sons were to leave Iraq within 48 hours or face an invasion by the US. Bush's rhetoric made frequent mention of a 'free' Iraq, a country that would be 'liberated' from a dictator, yet the events that transpired from that ill-fated speech have devastated a country.

Why We Should Empathize With Asylum Seekers

Adnan Al-Daini | Posted 15.06.2012 | UK Politics
Adnan Al-Daini

Asylum seekers are those, in the main, who are escaping war and/or have stood up to tyranny and injustice from their rulers. They are courageous people that need to be admired, not vilified.