Dear People of Finland,
I started my hunger strike on Sunday in protest of the unfair decision by the Immigration Authorities (Migri), which claim that countries like Iraq, Afghanistan and Somalia are safe to return asylum seekers. Many of us Iraqis were disappointed by the decision taking into account that we fled that country because it wasn’t and still isn’t safe. I will not stop my hunger strike until the Immigration Authorities change their decision.
Namir al-Azzawi
(Migrant Tales will report on a daily basis about the progress of the hunger strike. We hope that other media and bloggers will visit Namir al-Azzawi and write about him and his hunger strike).
Namir al-Azzawi carrying out his hunger strike next to parliament.
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