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Before you begin The Kurdish Cooperation Organization is a federation of communities that learn from one another. It is not a university, claims no public authority and serves no government, party or faith body.Migration and status

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  • Migration and status Rules on residence, asylum and status differ by country and change often. This is not immigration advice. Ask a regulated adviser where you live.

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  1. Forced Migration Online (2026). Western European responses to refugees and asylum seekers, and Kurdish asylum seekers in particular. Paper given to the conference ‘Kurds, a new and tragic dimension, refugees and asylum seekers’ 4 December 1989. University of Oxford. DOI 10.25446/oxford.33383485.v1
  2. Hirotaka Fujibayashi (2020). When public opinion drives national asylum policymaking: The case of Kurdish asylum seekers in Japan. Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies. DOI 10.1002/app5.301
  3. Veysi Dag (2023). Self-governing from below: Kurdish refugees on the periphery of European societies. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. DOI 10.1080/1369183x.2023.2193864
  4. Zibaei A (2018). Understanding the Mental Health Literacy in Kurdish Refugees. Mental Health & Human Resilience International Journal. DOI 10.23880/mhrij-16000124
  5. Ailbhe Kenny (2022). Stateless in School: The ‘discomfort’ of Kurdish asylum seekers. Intercultural Education. DOI 10.1080/14675986.2022.2144028

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01What it offers

  • 01

    Asylum systems

    How asylum systems compare, in plain language.

  • 02

    Public services

    Health, schools, housing and work registration.

  • 03

    Interpreters

    How to ask for an interpreter in your Kurdish variety.

  • 04

    Referrals

    Links to public and registered advice services.

02Who it is for

  • Asylum seekers
  • Recent arrivals
  • Local guides
  • Families of newcomers

03How it works

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04What it always keeps

  • Information and referrals only, never legal advice
  • Every guide states its source and date
  • No personal case data is collected
  • Referrals go to public or registered services only

05Courses

06More in Civic

  • In preparation

    Rights literacy

    Plain-language learning on human rights systems and the rule of law.

  • In preparation

    Civic participation

    Taking part in public life where you live, country by country.

  • In preparation

    Media literacy

    Skills to judge sources, spot manipulation and stay safe online.

  • In preparation

    Dialogue

    Moderated dialogue across divides, including between Kurdish communities, dialects and faiths.

  • In preparation

    Statelessness and documents

    Information on civil documents and statelessness for Kurds who lack papers.

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APA

The Kurdish Cooperation Organization. (2026). Newcomer guides. kurds.global. https://kurds.global/civic/newcomer-guides/

Chicago

The Kurdish Cooperation Organization. 2026. “Newcomer Guides.” kurds.global. https://kurds.global/civic/newcomer-guides/.

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	author = {{The Kurdish Cooperation Organization}},
	year = {2026},
	note = {Licence: CC BY 4.0},
	title = {Newcomer guides},
	url = {https://kurds.global/civic/newcomer-guides/},
	howpublished = {https://kurds.global/civic/newcomer-guides/},
}

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  1. Western European responses to refugees and asylum seekers, and Kurdish asylum seekers in particular. Paper given to the conference ‘Kurds, a new and tragic dimension, refugees and asylum seekers’ 4 December 1989

    Forced Migration Online · 2026 · University of Oxford

    OtherDataCiteOpen accessCC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

  2. When public opinion drives national asylum policymaking: The case of Kurdish asylum seekers in Japan

    Hirotaka Fujibayashi · 2020 · Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies

    ArticleCrossrefDOAJOpen accessCC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

  3. Self-governing from below: Kurdish refugees on the periphery of European societies

    Veysi Dag · 2023 · Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

    ArticleCrossrefCC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

  4. Understanding the Mental Health Literacy in Kurdish Refugees

    Zibaei A · 2018 · Mental Health & Human Resilience International Journal

    ArticleCrossref

  5. Stateless in School: The ‘discomfort’ of Kurdish asylum seekers

    Ailbhe Kenny · 2022 · Intercultural Education

    ArticleCrossref

  6. Asylum Seekers / Patron Seekers: Interpreting Iraqi Kurdish Migration

    Diane E. King · 2005 · Human Organization

    ArticleCrossref

  7. ‘Give us Asylum and Help us Leave the Country!’ Kurdish Asylum Seekers in Greece and the Politics of Reception

    Aspasia Papadopoulou · 2013 · Middle East and North African Immigrants in Europe

    ChapterCrossref

  8. Japan: open letter to the Minister of Justice, Komura Masahiko: Kurdish asylum seekers face deportation to Turkey where they are at risk of being detained and tortured

    Forced Migration Online · 2026 · University of Oxford

    OtherDataCiteOpen accessCC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

  9. Multi-scalar and diasporic integration: Kurdish populations in Europe between state, diaspora and geopolitics

    F. B. Adamson, V. Dag, C. R. Craven · 2024 · Journal of Refugee Studies

    ArticleOpenAIREOpen access

  10. Kurdish asylum seekers in Greece: the role of networks in the migration process

    Aspasia Papadopoulou-Kourkoula, Phd Candidate · 2002

    ArticleOpenAlex

  11. Kurdish Refugees

    Alixa Schujtz · 1975 · Worldview

    ArticleCrossref

  12. Exploring Language Learning Experiences of Kurdish and Turkish Asylum Claimants in Canada Through Arts-Informed Research

    Zehra Melike Palta · 2020 · Journal of the Canadian Association for Curriculum Studies

    ArticleOpenAIREOpen access

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