The World - News from May 11, 1987

Britain is deporting a number of Iraqi Kurds to Syria after rejecting their requests for political asylum, the British government said. London newspapers reported that a Kurdish woman and her 20-year-old son slashed their wrists when told of the decision. Reports on the number of Kurds affected varied from 12 to 13 to 25, and the Home Office declined to release a figure. A Home Office spokesman said the asylum requests were rejected because there was no reason to believe Kurds returning to Syria would be in danger.