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Iran, Afghanistan confer on refugee issues
MNA – Iran’s Deputy Interior Minister for Security Affairs, Hossein Zolfaghari, held talks with Afghanistan’s Minister of Refugees and Repatriations Hussain Alami…
UN official warns US sanctions on Iran might cause mass inflow of refugees to EU
Sputnik – The sanctions imposed by the United States on Iran may provoke a large influx of refugees into Europe, UN Under-Secretary-General…
Europe should help cover refugees costs: Iran interior minister
IRNA – Iran expects the Europe and affluent countries to help cover the costs imposed on host countries by refugees as international…
Pope says refugees’ hopes must not be dashed
Press TV – Pope Francis has used his traditional New Year’s Day address to highlight the plight of refugees seekers, describing them…
Afghani min. hails Leader’s contribution to education of immigrants
MNA – Refugees and Repatriation Minister Sayed Hussain Alemi Balkhi said that Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Khamenei, issuing educational services to…
UN team to visit Iran to assess status of refugees: Envoy
Tasnim – A delegation from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is going to visit Iran next month to make an…
More than 1.5K migrants, refugees died crossing Mediterranean in 2017
MNA – The UN Migration Agency (IOM) said Friday that 1,530 migrants and refugees died crossing the Mediterranean in 2017. The IOM…
Refugees facing violations in ‘Pro Human Rights’ Western countries
Alwaght- Refugees fleeing Western instigated conflicts have entered Europe in droves but are now facing horrible conditions in a continent that claims…
Minister says Iran expects more aid from EU for Afghan refugees
Tehran, Oct 24, IRNA – Iran expects more aid from the European Union for the Afghan refugees and immigrants living in Iran,…
Hungary must defend borders amid refugee influx: Premier
The Hungarian prime minister says his country must fortify its borders and stand up to the European Union’s plan to welcome and…
10,000 children are missing and the world just looks away
It is quite possible to say that our world hasn’t witnessed anything as shameful as what’s happening today. Never before have millions…
Iran urges need to adopt “defined mechanism” to solve refugees problem
New York, Sept 20, IRNA – Iran’s Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani-Fazli stressed on Monday the need for adopting a “defined mechanism” by…
Europe in decline as charismatic leaders are in short supply
Apart from failure of neoliberal agendas, European countries and, basically speaking, the Western civilization is now grappling with three concurrent and totally…
Turkey threatens to scrap EU refugee deal unless visa-free deadline met
Turkey has once again threatened to scrap a refugee deal it has struck with the European Union (EU) unless the bloc grants…
Many Syrian refugees in US are Daesh militants: Trump
US presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump says “a lot” of Syrians accepted for asylum in the US are members of the…
Turkish border guards kill 9 Syrian refugees
Turkish border guards have killed nine members of a Syrian family, who were trying to cross the frontier and take refuge in…
Propagandists try to censor discussion on Refugee Crisis
Syria Solidarity Movement is an international network in solidarity with the Syrian people and their struggle to retain a secular, independent state. …
PM Fico: Islam has no place in Slovakia
Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico has said that his country is not suitable for Muslims and that he did not want to…
Turkey warns EU it will abandon refugee deal if no visa-free travel
Turkey has threatened to quit a deal with the European Union (EU) to stem the flow of refugees if its citizens are…
Doctors Without Borders urges Syria neighbors to allow refugee crossings
Doctors Without Borders says Syria’s neighbors should open their borders to allow the crossing of people fleeing the conflict that keeps claiming…
German pundit explains reason behind refugee crisis and solutions to it
Refugee crisis, emerging from war-torn countries like Syria and Iraq, has imposed economical, cultural and security problems on neighboring and European countries.…
A generation of Syrian children who don’t count
The war in Syria is not just reshaping Middle Eastern borders. It is creating thousands of stateless children. BAALBEK, Lebanon – Seven-month-old…
EU needs Turkey more than Turkey needs EU, Erdogan says
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has denounced a recent report by the European Union critical of the rule of law in his…
Turkey threatens to abandon refugee deal
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu warns the EU to uphold its promise to provide visa-free travel for Turks by June or see Ankara walk away…
How can Europe solve the problem of terrorism?
Europe is now at a significant crossroads with two important issues occupying its agenda: Terrorism and the refugee crisis… The situation has…
Wrong approach to terrorism behind EU’s troubles: Iranian diplomat
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – An Iranian deputy foreign minister attributed the pressing problems that have gripped Europe to the wrong policies that certain…
Thousands rally in Spain against EU-Turkey refugee deal
Thousands of people have taken to the streets across Spain to express their anger at the recent draft agreement between Brussels and…
The migration crisis calls to mind the collapse of the Roman Empire
There is much the ancient world can teach us. One of the key lessons is that mass migration – motivated by war,…
What is geopolitical agenda for Turkey-EU negotiations?
Ankara’s firm stance at the summit with the European Union was in particular provoked by Ankara’s intention to put pressure on Brussels…
Greece warns EU as minister plan to curb refugees
Greece warns any EU deal on the refugee crisis must incorporate mandatory distributions of the refugees as ministers of the bloc meet to tighten regulations.…
How refugee crisis influences EU-Turkey ties
Alwaght- Turkey is a nation which many of its regulations and civilizational structures, including the cultural and religious set-ups, as well as…
What if this baby were mine?
Canakkale, Turkey, February 1, 2016 — The baby is the first dead body I see when I get to the beach. He looks…
HRW Report: ‘Politics of Intolerance’ threatens rights
Alwaght- Human Rights Watch has published the World Report 2016 criticizing Western countries over their response to terrorism and the refugee crisis. Closed Doors…
France, Germany cannot solve refugee crisis alone – Italian PM
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi called on the international community to increase financial support to the UN refugee agency, as well as…
Turkey discovers bodies of 21 refugees
Authorities in Turkey say the remains of 21 refugees, including a number of children, have been discovered in two separate coastal areas in…
Iran criticizes Europe front-line states for refugee mistreatment
An Iranian official has criticized some European governments for their inappropriate treatment of refugees at their borders, saying the front-line states are required…
Syrian refugees are not the problem
Building walls and treating asylum seekers like would-be terrorists is the kind of overreaction that the Paris attackers would have wanted. The…
Obama Syrian policy causes deaths of 250,000 ppl & creates 11mln refugees
Imagine that you despised your brother-in-law and wanted to kill him. But you didn’t have the guts to do it yourself so…
Most Syrian refugee kids deprived of schooling in Turkey: Report
Hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugee children of school age are not provided with education in Turkey, a new report says. According…