Syria’s position in Arab League needs to be restored, Russia says
Press TV – Head of the Russian National Defense Management Center, Colonel General Mikhail Mizintsev, says Syria should rejoin the Arab League…
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Russia says nearly 270,000 Syrian refugees returned home in recent months
Press TV – The Russian military says nearly 270,000 Syrian refugees have returned home in recent months, some seven years after various…
Official: Daesh infiltration in the region worrying
IRNA – Deputy Interior Minister for security and disciplinary affairs Hossein Zolfaqari expressed concern over insecurity and crises in the region, especially…
‘Impressed by Iran’s measures for supporting refugees’
MNA – United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said that he is significantly impressed by the measures adopted by the Islamic Republic…
Iranian security official calls for more peace to solve refugee crisis
MNA – Iran’s Deputy Interior Minister for Security Affairs Hossein Zolfaghari says the world system has lost its ability to resolve conflicts.…
1,500 refugees have died in Mediterranean this year, UN agency says
Press TV – The United Nations migration agency says at least 1,500 refugees have lost their lives in the Mediterranean since the…
Deported by Germany, Afghan asylum-seeker commits suicide
IFP – The German Interior Ministry says one of 69 Afghan refugees it deported last week has committed suicide on the way…
Europe to be filled with drugs, refugees if Iran stops efforts: Minister
IFP – The Iranian interior minister slammed Europe for its failure to cooperate with the Islamic Republic, saying that if Iran turns…
Germany to join Iran in helping Afghan refugees
MNA – It is around 37 years that Iran is giving home to Afghan refugees affected by years of war in the…
Over 76,400 Afghan refugees return to homeland since beginning of 2018: UN agency
Tasnim – Over 76,400 Afghan refugees have returned or been deported from neighboring Pakistan and Iran since the beginning this year, the…
Pope Francis urges world not to ignore refugees at Christmas Eve Mass
Press TV – Pope Francis has used the Christmas Eve Mass to call on the world not to ignore the plight of…
Iran President message to Uruguay health event
IRNA – President Hassan Rouhani on Thursday warned about the threats to global peace and ever-increasing number of refugees, saying that they…
Lebanese Hezbollah discloses int’l plot against Syria using refugee issue
FNA – Hezbollah Deputy Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem revealed that the UN, under the pressure of certain countries, wants to prevent…
Thousands in London protest against Islamophobia, racism
Press TV – Thousands of people have taken to the streets in London to protest against rising sentiments of Islamophobia, racism and…
UN hails Iran for keeping doors open to refugees
Press TV – The United Nations has praised Iran for generously hosting millions of violence-stricken asylum seekers and refugees, particularly those from…
UNHCR official: Iran’s measures for refugees exemplary
IRNA – Representative for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Tehran Sivanka Dana Pala said here on Monday that Iran’s…
Judge blocks US from deporting visa holders detained after Trump’s refugee order
CNBC– A federal judge granted an emergency stay Saturday to bar deportation of people with valid visas who landed in the U.S.,…
UN official: World rendering poor help to Iran to tackle refugee problems
IRNA – The representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to Tehran Sivanka Dana Pala said the world contribution in…
FAO joins UNHCR to improve livelihood of Iran’s Afghan refugees
TEHRAN, Sep. 28 (MNA) – FAO Representative to Iran received a Note of Appreciation on Wednesday from his UNHCR counterpart welcoming the…
Hollande vows to tear down notorious Calais refugee camp
French President Francois Hollande has vowed to tear down the Calais refugee camp and block any plan for similar establishments in the…
UNICEF: 50 million children uprooted by crises
ILNA: War and poverty have forced 50 million children around the world from their homes, according to UNICEF. Up to 28 million…
UN to hold first high-level summit on refugees, migrants
Tehran, Sept 7, IRNA – The UN General Assembly will host a high-level summit to address large movements of refugees and migrants,…
Some 9,000 refugee children reported missing in Germany
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Up to 9,000 refugee children and teens had been reported missing as of July 1, according to Germany’s federal…
Minister: Iran believes in volunteer return of refugees
Tehran, June 18, IRNA – Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli said that under difficult conditions of war and sanctions Iran accepted Afghan…
Erdogan warns of scrapping EU refugee deal
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Ankara will scrap a refugee deal with the EU unless his country’s key demand of visa-free travel…
Iran serves immigrants unconditionally: Official
Tehran, May 17, The Iran Project – Managing director of Iran’s sister cities development center says Iran has pursued its humanitarian goals…
Over 40 million people internally displaced in 2015: Aid group
The total number of people internally displaced by wars and conflicts around the world reached 40.8 million by the end of 2015,…
Iran feels responsible to host displaced migrants, official says
TEHRAN – From a humanitarian and religious point of view Iran feels a responsibility to host people displaced by violence, Iranian Deputy…
EU may fine countries for rejecting refugees
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The EU Commission plans to impose fines on countries that refuse to take refugees under revised EU asylum laws…
UK rejects amendment to accept refugee children
LONDON, Apr. 27 (MNA) –The British Parliament rejected an amendment presented by the Labor Party for the United Kingdom to accept 3,000…
Iran-UNHCR built schools in Iran double: Official
Shiraz, April 16, IRNA – The number of schools built in Iran in cooperation with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees…
Iran ready for cooperation with EU on helping refugees: Interior minister
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli voiced the country’s readiness to cooperate with international bodies and teh European Union…
Almost 6,000 refugee minors missing in Germany in 2015
Over 5,800 refugee minors reportedly went missing in Germany last year. MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Over 5,800 refugee minors went missing in Germany last year,…
Syrian refugee girls becoming Cinderella
Syrian refugee girls talk of their future hopes and dreams while wearing fairytale costumes, then go in front of the camera. Fahimeh…
Two boats returning migrants from Greece to Turkey set sail from Lesbos
Two passenger boats carrying 131 migrants being returned from Greece to Turkey under a landmark European Union deal set sail from the…
EU Parliament’s ALDE slams deal with Turkey’s ‘Sultan Erdogan’
The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) Group slammed Wednesday a deal between Turkey and the European Union to ease the refugee…
Bad idea? Merkel’s ‘reckless’ game with Turkey may backfire on EU
When it comes to dealing with Turkey and trying to solve the ongoing refugee crisis in Europe, German Chancellor Angela Merkel shouldn’t…
Refugee crisis to persist if terrorism not tackled: Iran
Iran’s envoy to the United Nations (UN) has described terror threats in the Middle East as the root cause of the ongoing…
Ban warns against cuts in development aid to finance response to refugee crisis
11 November 2015 – Reducing development assistance to finance the cost of refugee flows is counter-productive, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned today,…
UN deputy chief lauds Iran’s ‘important contributions’
The UN deputy secretary general has appreciated the contributions Iran has made to the global community over decades. “Iran is a founding…