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By bnm Gulf bureau Germany deported 36 refugees to the Kurdistan Region via Baghdad International Airport on October 22, marking the second such operation under a recently revealed secret agreement with Iraq’s central government. The deportations come as EU countries take an increasingly restrictive stance toward Kurdish asylum seekers from Iraq, citing peaceful conditions in their home region, unlike their counterparts from Iran and Syria. Iraqis have made their way through several European countries to countries like Germany in increasing numbers in recent years, including through the so-cal…

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