Refugees Crisis

17 Haitian refugees killed as boat capsizes off Bahamas

TEHRAN, Jul. 25 (MNA) – Seventeen people have died after a boat carrying dozens of Haitian refugees capsized off the coast of the Bahamas, authorities said.

Senior Iranian diplomat:

Iran bearing brunt of most number of refugees in region

TEHRAN, Jun. 20 (MNA) – Iran bears the brunt of the most refugees among the countries of the region, based on Islamic and humanistic standards, Special envoy of the Iranian President for Afghanistan Hassan Kazemi Ghomi said on Monday.

Thousands of Afghan refugees return home each day: Taliban

TEHRAN, Jun. 18 (MNA) – According to the Information and Culture Department in Nimroz, thousands of Afghan refugees return to Afghanistan from Iran on a daily basis.

Taliban delegation to visit Iran for talks on Afghan refugees

TEHRAN, May 30 (MNA) – A delegation of senior Taliban officials, headed by Taliban's Refugee Minister Khalil-ur-Rahman Haqqani, is scheduled to travel to Iran in the very near future to discuss the latest situation of Afghan refugees.

War in Ukraine must be stopped: UN chief

TEHRAN, May 10 (MNA) – Secretary-General of the United Nations, who is visiting Moldova concurrent with the third month of war in Ukraine, said that catastrophe and crisis of refugees show that the war is meaningless and must immediately be stopped.

Abdullah calls on Iran to support Afghanistan development

TEHRAN, Apr. 30 (MNA) – Former chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation of Afghanistan called on Iran to continue its support for the development of Afghanistan and to strengthen relations between the two countries.

Delegation of Afghan refugees ministry to visit Iran

TEHRAN, Apr. 26 (MNA) – A delegation from the Afghan ministry of refugees and repatriation is scheduled to visit Tehran to discuss the issues related to the Afghan refugees in Iran.

Over 12 m people in Ukraine displaced: UN official

TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (MNA) – More than 12 million people have been forcibly displaced by the war in Ukraine, the United Nations IOM Director General, Antonio Vitorino said on Twitter before attending a Security Council meeting.

Khatibzadeh:

UK deporting of refugees to Rwanda violation of intl. laws

TEHRAN, Apr. 16 (MNA) – The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh described the British government’s declared plan to forcibly send the refugees in the UK to Rwanda as shrinking from the country’s international obligations.

Nearly 100 die in boat tragedy in Mediterranean Sea, UN says

TEHRAN, Apr. 04 (MNA) – Nearly 100 people have died in international waters after setting off from Libya in an overcrowded boat, international organizations said.

US sanctions threaten Iranian people’s right to health

TEHRAN, Mar. 30 (MNA) – An Iranian envoy to the United Nations has denounced the unilateral coercive measures imposed by the US as a “serious threat” to the nation’s right to health and have access to medicines.

Ukraine war reveals ugly face of racism in Europe

TEHRAN, Mar. 06 (MNA) – The war in Ukraine has sparked a public backlash in other parts of the world against what activists and observers call the resurgence of “racism” in Europe.

Official:

Iran expect Europe to be responsible for supporting refugees

TEHRAN, Nov. 06 (MNA) – The director-general of the Bureau for Aliens and Foreign Immigrants Affairs of the Ministry of Interior said that Iran expects Europeans to be responsible for supporting refugees and distributing financial resources.

Iran envoy to EU:

Invaders should take responsibility for ravaging Afghanistan

TEHRAN, Oct. 15 (MNA) – Iranian Ambassador to Brussels urged Afghanistan’s invaders to bear responsibility for the damage that they have afflicted on the Central Asian nation and the refugee influx that their actions have brought about.

Hundreds of migrants missing in UK

TEHRAN, Aug. 08 (MNA) – Hundreds of migrants who entered Britain by crossing the English Channel on small boats remain missing after they absconded from their hotels.

Iranian cmdr. refuses to hand over Afghan refugees to Taliban

TEHRAN, Aug. 08 (MNA) – In talks with Taliban forces a commander of Iranian border guards in Sistan and Balouchestan province announced that Iran will not hand over Afghan refugees to the Taliban.

Westerners preventing Syrian refugees from returning home

TEHRAN, Jul. 26 (MNA) – The Syrian FM said Westerners are preventing the return of Syrian refugees to their homeland.

Iran proposes creation of intl. fund for Syria reconstruction

TEHRAN, Nov. 11 (MNA) – In the Intl. Conference on the Return of Syrian Refugees, Iran proposed the establishment of an international fund for the reconstruction of Syria.

Europe's pushback of migrants 'shameful': UN refugee chief

TEHRAN, Oct. 05 (MNA) – The UN refugee chief on Monday lambasted countries that close their doors to desperate migrants and Europe's "shameful" refusal to allow migrants stranded at sea to disembark quickly.

Turkey to deploy 1,000 forces at Greek border to prevent migrants return

TEHRAN, Mar. 05 (MNA) – Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said on Thursday that Ankara has decided to operations police officers at the border with the EU to prevent Greece from pushing back the migrants into Turkey.

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’.