Immigration
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Iran condemns US 'inappropriate behavior' against Iranians
TEHRAN, Feb. 15 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman has condemned the US government’s “inappropriate and humiliating” treatment of immigrants, including Iranian nationals, calling it unjustified and a violation of human rights standards.
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Trump is 'angry' that deportation numbers are not higher
TEHRAN, Feb. 08 (MNA) – US President Donald Trump is growing increasingly frustrated with the pace of deportations, as arrests and removals of undocumented immigrants remain below his expectations.
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Angry Indian protesters burn effigy of Donald Trump
TEHRAN, Feb. 07 (MNA) – Protesters in India burned an effigy of Donald Trump while Indian lawmakers protested in front of parliament to draw attention to the mistreatment and abuse.
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Mexico refuses US military flight deporting migrants: sources
Mexico has refused a request from President Donald Trump's administration to allow a U.S. military aircraft deporting migrants to land in the country, a US official and a Mexican official said.
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Pope Francis:
Trump’s planned deportations of immigrants disgrace
TEHRAN, Jan. 20 (MNA) – Pope Francis has criticized US President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to deport immigrants as a “disgrace.”
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Trump vows to begin largest deportation Op. in US history
TEHRAN, Jan. 20 (MNA) – The US President-elect vowed to begin the largest deportation operation in American history soon.
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Trump to start deporting immigrants shortly after inauguration
TEHRAN, Jan. 18 (MNA) – A day after Donald Trump is sworn into office as president, his administration will start making good on his campaign promise of mass deportation of illegal immigrants, an American media outlet reported.
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Russia forcibly expels over 80,000 immigrants in 2024
TEHRAN, Jan. 08 (MNA) – Over 80,000 immigrants have been forcibly expelled from Russia in 2024 for violations of migration rules, sources in Russia's Federal Bailiff Service said.
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Police cmdr.:
Illegal immigrants must leave Iran by end of year
TEHRAN, Aug. 12 (MNA) – Iranian border police commander Brigadier General Ahmad Ali Goudarzi stated that illegal immigrants must leave Iran by the end of the year.
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Eleven dead and dozens missing in two shipwrecks
TEHRAN, Jun. 18 (MNA) – At least 11 people have died and more than 60 are missing as a result of two shipwrecks off the coast of southern Italy, rescuers say.
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Immigrants to receive smart ID card: Iranian official
TEHRAN, Apr. 07 (MNA) – A provincial official in Tehran province said that legal immigrants will receive smart ID cards.
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Overcrowded migrant boat overturns near Yemen, dozens missing
TEHRAN, Nov. 14 (MNA) – A migrant boat capsized off the coast of Yemen, leaving dozens of people, mostly from the Horn of Africa, missing, Yemeni officials said.
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VIDEO: Mexican migrants hitch a ride to US on freight train
TEHRAN, Sep. 27 (MNA) – The footage shows thousands of Mexican migrants standing in mile-long lineups beside the freights to hitch a ride to the United States.
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Top EU diplomat warns migration might ‘dissolve’ bloc
TEHRAN, Sep. 23 (MNA) – The European Union’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has warned that immigration could become a “dissolving force” for the 27-nation bloc, arguing that some member states simply “don’t want to accept people from outside.”
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11 dead, 7 missing as boat sinks off Tunisia
TEHRAN, Aug. 15 (MNA) – A Tunisian official says "35 people, most of them Tunisians" including women and children were on board the boat that went down "shortly after departing from the coast of Sidi Mansour" near Sfax.
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After grain deal suspension;
Europe likely to see 'devastating migration crisis'
TEHRAN, Jul. 20 (MNA) – Europe, which will be flooded with migrants from low-income countries that rely on grain exports from Ukraine and Russia, will suffer the most from the suspension of the grain deal, international experts said on Wednesday.
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Dutch government collapses over immigration policy
TEHRAN, Jul. 08 (MNA) – The Dutch government has collapsed after failing to reach a deal on restricting immigration.
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Greek asks EU aid for fence extension along Turkey border
TEHRAN, Apr. 01 (MNA) – Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Friday called on the European Union to "seriously consider" providing financial aid to help extend an anti-migrant steel fence along the border with Turkey.
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Fire at migrant detention facility in Mexico kills 39 men
TEHRAN, Mar. 28 (MNA) – Dozens of people were killed and injured after a fire started in an immigration detention facility in northern Mexico near the US border.
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Taliban delegation visit Iran for talks on Afghan refugees
TEHRAN, Mar. 14 (MNA) – The Taliban's Ministry of Refugees announced that an Afghan delegation has traveled to Iran to investigate the problems of Afghan migrants in the country.
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22 migrants die in boat sinking off Madagascar: authorities
TEHRAN, Mar. 13 (MNA) – At least 22 migrants died when their boat sank off the coast of Madagascar over the weekend, the island nation's maritime authorities said on Monday.
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Death toll in Italian coast boat wreck rises to 59
TEHRAN, Feb. 27 (MNA) – A wooden sailing boat, believed to be carrying more than 100 migrants, broke apart off the southern Italian coast, killing at least 59 people, including 12 children, local authorities have said.
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200 refugee children missing from gov’t-run UK hotels
TEHRAN, Jan. 25 (MNA) – Two hundred asylum-seeking children, including some aged under 16, are missing from temporary hotel accommodation in Britain, the government said on Tuesday.
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Iran, Taliban discuss immigrants issues
TEHRAN, Dec. 25 (MNA) – Taliban's acting deputy minister of refugees Abdul Rahman Rashid and Iran's deputy envoy to Kabul Gholamreza Najjari discussed the situation and issues of Afghan immigrants.
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4 drowned, 5 missing from capsized boat off Florida Keys
TEHRAN, Nov. 21 (MNA) – At least four people are believed to have drowned and rescuers were searching for another five people off the Florida Keys after a homemade vessel capsized during a failed migration attempt, authorities said Sunday.
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Cuba says at least 5 dead after boat heading to US crashes
TEHRAN, Oct. 30 (MNA) – A boat off northern Cuba traveling toward the United States sank Saturday after a collision with a Cuban coast guard ship, and at least five people died, Cuban officials said Saturday.
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Iran raps inattention of intl. bodies to Afghan immigrants
TEHRAN, Oct. 10 (MNA) – The Director-General of the Iranian Foreign Ministry for Consular Affairs criticized at the inattention of the international institutions to the issue of Afghan immigrants who are living in Iran.
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Iran pursuing situation of Iranian migrants in Greek
TEHRAN, Aug. 27 (MNA) – Issuing a statement, the Iranian Foreign Foreign Ministry reacted to the news released about the sinking of a migrant boat off the Greek island which led to the missing of a number of migrants including Iranian nationals.
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Taliban ministry:
Over 4,500 immigrants returned to Afghanistan in 2 days
TEHRAN, Jul. 03 (MNA) – The Taliban's Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation announced the return of more than 4,500 immigrants from Iran to Afghanistan in the last two days.
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'Settler' goes on screen at 14 internatioanl film festivals
TEHRAN, May 30 (MNA) – Written and directed by Iranian filmmaker Zahra Mirzaei, 'Settler' has been screened and nominated for best short film in the official sections of 14 international film festivals.