"We are 23 Iraqi and 14 Afghan detainees being held at Campsfield House. The British Government want to send us back to Iraq and Afghanistan. it is not a safe place."

In recent weeks the government has detained at least 70 Iraqi asylum seekers, in preparation for a mass deportation to Baghdad. It appears that the flight is scheduled for 20th June.

37 Asylum seekers in Campsfield detention centre have responded with a hunger strike. Today will be its fourth day. Supporters have gathered outside Campsfield to protest against the forced removals.

Iraq is a rocked by civil unrest: sectarian violence, suicide bombings and, more recently, a bloody backlash against civil rights protests. Many of those due to be removed are Kurdish. The IFIR has shown particular concern for the situation in Iraqi Kurdistan - a society maligned by corruption, institutional violence and a poverty of basic services such as hospitals and clean water. While protests have been held outside Campsfield, sister protests planned in Kurdistan have been denied permission by the regional government.

It is clear that the government plan to carry out the removals imminently, unconcerned by the asylum seekers' right to a family life or by the dangers they will face in Iraq.

Meanwhile the asylum seekers are determined to fight the decision.

"If we don't get these decisions for us as humans and for our safety we will not eat until we die, rather than to be made to return to these war torn countries", said one.