Immigration
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US government set to shuts down over border wall disputes
TEHRAN, Dec. 22 (MNA) – The US federal government partially shut down after members of Congress failed to resolve disputes over $5 billion in spending for President Donald Trump’s border wall.
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By: Ali Abbasi
Water crisis and the phenomenon of migration of people with disabilities
TEHRAN, Dec. 04 (MNA) – The two phenomena of migration and water have always been closely linked historically, as tribes in Africa, the Middle East and Asia have been migrating extensively in search of food and water for their livestock.
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By: Hanif Ghaffari
Trump failed in Swedish elections!
TEHRAN, Sep. 15 (MNA) – Undoubtedly, one of the losers of the recent Swedish election was US President Donald Trump. Although there is now a tough competition between the two traditional coalitions in Stockholm for the formation of a (coalition or minimalist) government, one must not ignore the most important message of the recent national election in Sweden.
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Iranian netizens urge Pompeo to stop meddling in Iran
TEHRAN, Jul. 22 (MNA) – Iranian social media activists have launched a Twitter and Instagram hashtag calling on American Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to stop interfering in the internal affairs of Iran.
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97% of refugees live under similar conditions as Iranians
TEHRAN, May 28 (MNA) – Iranian Deputy Interior Minister for Security and Police Affairs met with UNHCR’s Assistant High Commissioner for Protection during which he said 97% of immigrants hosted by Iran are living under similar conditions as Iranians.
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Afghan min. hails Leader's contribution to education of immigrants
TEHRAN, Oct. 08 (MNA) – Refugees and Repatriation Minister Sayed Hussain Alemi Balkhi said that Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Khamenei, issuing educational services to all Afghan immigrant students in Iran, contributed greatly to the Afghan people.
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BAFIA, EU parl. delegation discuss refugee situation in Iran
TEHRAN, Feb. 15 (MNA) – An EU parliamentary delegation headed by David McAllister held talks with head of the Bureau for Aliens and Foreign Immigrants Affairs (BAFIA) on Thu. in Tehran.
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By: Marjan Golpira
An Iranian native well-adjusted in Japanese world
TEHRAN, Jan. 21 (MNA) – Koroush Gilani is an Iranian man who migrated to Japan in the 1990s. Over the years he has managed to fully integrate and adjust himself in to a completely different Asian culture, however, as is in such cases, assimilating to the culture of Japan has not been an easy task.
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By: Hanif Ghafari
Europe's crisis in 2018
TEHRAN, Jan. 20 (MNA) – 2017 ended while security, political, social, and economic crises remained strong in the United Europe. In other words, the United Europe started 2018 in a situation that lots of money should be expended to deal with the crises ahead. This issue is going to affect the maneuver power of many European authorities this year.
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By: Mohammad Ghaderi
How did Takfiri thinking find its way into Europe?
TEHRAN, Jan. 01 (MNA) – When European countries, played a facilitating and complementary role in the regional war which its scenario was written by the Arabic-American and Zionist troika, which led to the destabilization of the inhabitants of Southwest Asia, in particular the two countries of Iraq and Syria, they never thought that they should have soon expected a terrible storm.
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By: Hanif Ghafari
European migrant crisis
TEHRAN, Dec. 26 (MNA) – European authorities' challenge over the asylum seekers crisis continues. Since the formation of the Austrian coalition government, this challenge has risen. The Austrian coalition consists of the Freedom Party and the Central Right, and this government is one of the main opponents of the current approach of the EU towards asylum seekers. Recent comments by the Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz is an indication of this profound and fundamental opposition.
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Zarif tweets:
Trump's immigration law 'regrettable'
TEHRAN, Dec. 05 (MNA) – After US Supreme Court ruled in favor of Trump’s immigration ban, Iranian FM Zarif criticized US governing body for giving bigotry a legalized face in US.
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UN head thanks Iran for free education of illegal Afghans
TEHRAN, Nov. 20 (MNA) – In their Wednesday meeting in Tehran, Iranian Deputy FM Mr. Araghchi and Mr. Swing, the Director General of the International Organization for Migration discussed Afghan refugees’ status in Iran.
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Over 157k immigrants arrived by sea in Europe in 2017
GENEVA, Nov. 15 (MNA) – More than 157,000 immigrants arrived by sea in Europe from January to the current date and 2,966 died in the attempt, said a report issued today.
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By : Yury Fedotov
In searching for peace, let’s not ignore crime’s impact
TEHRAN, Jul. 26 (MNA) – Conflict remains the world’s greatest problem; conflict prevention our biggest hope, but if we do not face down crime and uphold justice, we simply risk swapping the challenges.
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Iranian composer among Canadian Immigrant Award winners
TEHRAN, Jun. 28 (MNA) – Iranian composer and orchestra conductor has been placed among 2017 RBC Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Award winners.
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Cuban FM:
Donald Trump's anti-Cuba policy unsustainable
VIENNA, Jun. 20 (MNA) – Cuban Foreign Minister, Bruno Rodriguez, has said that US President Donald Trump's policy that is aimed at hardening US blockade against Cuba is absolutely unsustainable over the time.
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UN:
More than 1.5K migrants, refugees died crossing Mediterranean in 2017
TEHRAN, May 28 (MNA) – The UN Migration Agency (IOM) said Friday that 1,530 migrants and refugees died crossing the Mediterranean in 2017.
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Trump meets critic Pope Francis at Vatican
TEHRAN, May 27 (MNA) – Pope Francis has welcomed US President Donald Trump at the Vatican, in a meeting that comes against a backdrop of disagreements on a range of issues, including immigration, climate change and refugee policy.
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WFP:
Hunger increases immigration flow, armed conflict
ROME, May 06 (MNA) – The World Food Program (WFP) indicated that there is close link between the increased hunger, the immigration flow and armed conflict.
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Call for video entries:
PLURAL+ Youth Video Festival 2017
TEHRAN, Apr. 29 (MNA) – The United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) invite youth from around the world to submit original and creative videos focusing on the PLURAL+ theme of migration, diversity and social inclusion.
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UN praises Cuba's good practices against human trafficking
HAVANA, Apr. 15 (MNA) – The United Nation's special rapporteur on human trafficking, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, on Friday praised Cuba's good practices against the global scourge.
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By: Habib Ashayeri
Trump would bring US to ‘edge of precipice’
TEHRAN, Mar. 12 (MNA) – Donald Trump’s demagoguery in attempt to show his voters that he had been committed to campaign promises has sent him too far afield in the wilderness.
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By: Payam Boromand
Trump visa ban
TEHRAN, Mar. 08 (MNA) – Donald Trump’s executive orders on visa ban on nationals of sertain countries under the pretexts of security and anti-terrorism has created chaos among the migrants.
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By: Abbas Torabi
How much Trump's presidency resembles Jefferson's rule?
TEHRAN, Mar. 07 (MNA) – Like Jeffersonian Democracy, which has been rested on a profound contradiction, Donald J. Trump's style of democracy besides banning the immigrants and slamming door on refugees - particularly his move to bar entry into the United States for residents of seven Majority-Muslim countries - rests on a total contradiction as well.
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UK to slow down free Europeans movement
LONDON, Feb. 28 (MNA) – The British government plans to call a halt to free movement of Europeans in the United Kingdom, when it activates the process for its exit from the European Union (EU), or Brexit, a parliamentarian stated.
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Federal authorities arrest immigrants in US six states
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 (MNA) – The US federal authorities confirmed Saturday the arrest of hundreds of undocumented immigrants in recent days throughout the country, especially in Arizona, California, Georgia, New York, Florida and Texas.
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UN agency :
26k Somali refugees affected by US travel ban
NAIROBI,Feb. 01 (MNA) – About 26,000 Somali refugees, who fled to Kenya from fighting in their country and had planned to resettle in the United States, are now stranded because of travel ban by Washington, the UN refugee agency said on Wednesday.
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Houstonians protest against Trump's immigration ban
HOUSTON, Jan. 30 (MNA) – People in Houston, the fourth-largest US city, took to the streets on Sunday to protest against President Donald Trump's executive order temporarily barring refugees and seven Muslim-majority countries' citizens from entry into the country.
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By:Martin Sutovec
Immigrants go home
TEHRAN, Jan. 30 (MNA) – President Donald Trump’s executive order barring people from seven predominantly Muslim countries including Iran from entering the US have caused massive public protests across the country against the discriminatory and xenophobic nature of the measure that undermines the very principles for which the US claims to stand.