Refugees Crisis

Iran calls for more global aid for refugee assistance

TEHRAN, Oct. 09 (MNA) – Iran has called for more foreign aid to assist the country in handling its refugees’ affairs at a quadripartite meeting held in Geneva.

Interior min.:

Iran never prevents arrival of refugees despite US sanctions

TEHRAN, Jul. 01 (MNA) – Minister of Interior Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli said that Islamic Republic of Iran has not prevented arrival of refugees into the country in spite of the US sanctions.

UNHCR rep.:

Iran’s services in field of immigrants, ‘exemplary’

TEHRAN, May 19 (MNA) – Representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in the Islamic Republic of Iran Ivo Freijsen said that services rendered by the Islamic Republic of Iran in the field of immigrants are ‘exemplary and unique of its kind’.

Rohingya refugees need 'safety and dignity' to return home

TEHRAN, Dec. 18 (MNA) – Professor Nasir uddin, a cultural anthropologist based in Bangladesh, believes that at this stage and under the situation prevailing in Rakhine state, it is not safe for the Rohingya refugees to return to Myanmar.

WFP welcomes German contribution to support refugees in Iran

TEHRAN, Dec. 02 (MNA) – The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) welcomes a supplementary contribution of €1 million (approximately US$1.1 million) from the German Federal Foreign Office to support the most vulnerable Afghan and Iraqi refugees living in settlements in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Moscow worried about possible chemical provocations by terrorists in Syria

MOSCOW, Oct. 31 (MNA) – Russian Foreign Ministry expressed worry about information on possible chemical provocations by terrorist groups in Syria in order to accuse the Syrian Arab army.

Iran, Afghanistan confer on refugee issues

TEHRAN, Oct. 06 (MNA) – Iran's Deputy Interior Minister for Security Affairs, Hossein Zolfaghari, held talks with Afghanistan’s Minister of Refugees and Repatriations Hussain Alami Balkhi on the sidelines of the 69th session of the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner’s Programme.

Tehran-Ankara coop. helps improving region’s security

TEHRAN, Sep. 14 (MNA) – Parliamentary delegations of Iran and Turkey met on Friday, highlighting that bilateral cooperation helps to strengthen the security of the region.

Iranian security official calls for more peace to solve refugee crisis

TEHRAN, Sep. 02 (MNA) – Iran's Deputy Interior Minister for Security Affairs Hossein Zolfaghari says the world system has lost its ability to resolve conflicts.

Iranian donors to Rohingya Muslims to be appreciated on Wed.

TEHRAN, Feb. 19 (MNA) – The Iranian philanthropists who joined some other international charities to build and open a school at a refugee camp in Bangladesh to serve the Rohingya refugees will be honored on Wednesday in Tehran.

FM Zarif calls for maintaining coop. with UNHCR

TEHRAN, Jan. 07 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif met with UNHCR representative where he highlighted Iran’s extensive, generous measures in aiding refugees and called for maintaining cooperation with UNHCR.

1500 families return al-Zabadani city

DAMASCUS, Jan. 07 (MNA) – Damascus Countryside Governor announced that more than 1,500 families out of 10,000 have returned to the city of al-Zabadani due to the efforts exerted by the governorate and the city council to rehabilitate streets, the power grid, telephone network, and sewer system.

GAPAR condemns US cutting funding for UNRWA

DAMASCUS, Jan. 06 (MNA) – The General Authority for Palestine Arab Refugees (GAPAR) condemned the announcement by US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley on cutting the yearly funding for the Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), describing this act as cheap political blackmailing.

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.

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.

Iran distributes humanitarian aid to Rohingya refugees

TEHRAN, Sep. 17 (MNA) – An Iranian delegation, headed by FM Rahmipour, made a visit to refugee camp of Rohingya Muslims in border areas of Bangladesh and Myanmar.

Iranian cartoonist wins 2nd prize at Turkish contest

TEHRAN, Jun. 21 (MNA) – Iranian cartoonist Shahram Rezaei has won second prize at the 34th Aydın Doğan International Cartoon Competition in Turkey.

UN Chief:

Low-or middle-income countries host 84% of world refugees

TEHRAN, Jun. 21 (MNA) – United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres in his message for World Refugee Day, 20 June 2017, said today, 84 per cent of the world’s refugees are hosted by low-or middle-income countries.

About 137K S Sudanese fled to Sudan since Jan.

JUBA, May 31 (MNA) – Nearly 137,000 South Sudanese have fled to Sudan since last January, mostly women and children, due to the violence and the threat of famine, reported the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

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.

UN outstands high percentage of S Sudanese refugees

NAIROBI, May 10 (MNA) – than a million children ran away from war in South Sudan, since the armed conflict started in December 2013.

IOM:

Nearly 50k migrants cross Mediterranean into Europe since Jan.

MOSCOW, May 10 (MNA) – The International Organization for Migration has registered almost 50,000 migrants crossing the Mediterranean sea on their way to Europe since January 2017.

Over 1mn children flee South Sudan: UN

JUBA, May 08 (MNA) – Two UN agencies said Monday that over 1 million children have fled South Sudan due to escalating armed conflict.

Mosul military operation forces 500k people to flee

MOSUL, Apr. 08 (MNA) – Mosul municipality chief said that up to 500,000 people have fled the northern Iraqi city of Mosul since the government troops launched an operation aimed at liberation of the city from ISIL.

Iran UN envoy:

Asylum seekers symptoms of deeper problems

TEHRAN, Apr. 08 (MNA) – Iran’s permanent representative envoy to the UN Khoshroo said refugees were subjects of international shared responsibility and protection as well as being symptoms of deeper problems.

More camps needed to accommodate Mosul refugees: UN

MOSCOW, Mar. 21 (MNA) – The UN need to build more camps for Mosul migrants, Deputy Spokesman for the UN Secretary-General Farhan Haq said.