the French-language Swiss newspaper 20 Minutes wrote,”Despite US pressures, Federal Office for Migration in Switzerland rejected the resettlement of 11 members of the MKO organization.””These individuals pose a great threat to our national security,”Federal Office for Migration in Switzerland explained that why they did not accept MKO aka MEK/PMOI members..
The fate of Camp Ashraf is one of the main unresolved issues left over after U.S. forces withdrew from Iraq this month. Residents of the camp have long said they fear for their safety at the hands of Iraqi authorities without U.S. protection…The leader of the group said on Tuesday it would agree to a United Nations plan to move residents of a dissident camp in Iraq to a new location, depending on certain conditions and guarantees…
U.N. spokesman Martin Nesirky said Tuesday that the top U.N. envoy in Iraq, has made helping the Iraqi authorities and camp residents find a workable solution”a top priority.””The U.N.’s role here is to facilitate, to help the Iraqi government and the camp residents,”..ultimately it is the responsibility of the Iraqi authorities to work to find a peaceful way out of this, and for the residents of the camp likewise to shoulder their responsibility.”
The Egyptian government voiced its strong opposition to a planned meeting of the anti-Iran terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) aka MEK/PMOI in Cairo and cancelled the convention.The meeting was scheduled to be held this afternoon in Pyramisa Hotel in Cairo, but the terrorist group canceled the meeting after the government of Egypt expressed its strong opposition and did not issue the necessary permission for the meeting..
Azerbaijan and a number of other countries have agreed to receive nearly 900 members of the terrorist group of Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization.“Necessary measures are being taken through the cooperation of the Red Cross and Iraqi officials to transfer these individuals,” Mohammad Majid al-Sheikh …“The decision to expel MKO aka MEK/PMOI from Iraq is irreversible, and non-extendable,”..
The special spokesperson for the Mojahedin Khalq Organization (MKO/MEK/PMOI) has announced that the members of the terrorist group will leave Iraq and give up their ‘right’ to claim asylum in the country..the spokesperson said, “However, our situation will not be conducive to the departure of the country until the end of the current year.”..The Leaders of the terrorist group had repeatedly claimed their right to stay in Iraq..
Testimonies made by former MKO/MEK/PMOI members reveal an immense pressure on many residents of Camp Ashraf who want to escape but are afraid and unsure of the future. They say scores of members have recently been killed by the organization and that MKO guards open fire on defectors before they can exit the camp. The MKO is notorious for collaborating with Saddam in the bloody repression of the 1991 Shia Muslims..
“The primary and overall responsibility to deal with the situation in Camp Ashraf lies with the government of Iraq within its sovereignty,”Martin Kobler, the UN secretary general’s special representative for Iraq..”In agreement with the government, we are in continuous contact with all parties, including the residents of the camp and the members of the international community to facilitate a peaceful and durable solution,”Kobler said.
Chief of Iraqi foreign policy commission Sheikh Humam Hammudi said inhabitants of Ashraf camp sought refugee status from Europe and Australia… inhabitants of the camp have embarked on high profile interaction with European and Australian ambassadors to Baghdad seeking refugee status from them. Hammudi reiterated that Iraqi state and nation unanimously want to expel MKO/MEK/PMOI members from Iraq ..
The US still labels the anti-Iran Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) as a terrorist group, says U.S. State Department Persian spokesman Alan Eyre.When asked whether the United States considers MKO aka MEK/PMOI a viable opposition group, he said: “No. The U.S. considers the Mujahedin-e Khalq a terrorist organization. That’s it.”