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European countries are to send Iraqi refugees back to Iraq if their asylum cases are rejected. Baghdad said returning them should be voluntary, not compulsory. Ivan Sahda Moshi has been hiding at a friend’s house in Gothenburg since 1 December, 2017, when a Swedish ruling demanded he return to Iraq. ‘I hope my case is looked over again,’ said Moshi, a Christian who fled Iraq in 2007. He fears returning, as militias threatened to kill him because he worked with US forces; also Christians are a threatened minority in Iraq. In a similar case, Hassan Amer’s asylum request was rejected by Austrian authorities. He submitted an appeal and is waiting for a new hearing so that he can explain his position. Media reporting about forcible repatriation is terrifying Iraqi asylum seekers.