Just 10 countries, including Iran, host 56% of world’s refugees
MNA – The Iranian Ambassador to London Hamid Baedinejad said 56% of the world’s 21 million refugees are being hosted by just…
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Iran needs more help to support Afghan refugees – UNHCR chief
UNHCR – Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, commends progress in documentation, education, livelihoods and health for Afghans in Iran. Iran…
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…
Trump signs new order restricting refugees from 11 ‘high risk’ countries
Washington Times – President Trump imposed new restrictions on refugees from 11 “high risk” target countries Tuesday, reportedly all but one being mostly Muslim,…
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…
EU announces over €44 million of humanitarian funding to help people in need in Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan
Europa– The European Commission has announced humanitarian assistance of over €44 million to help people in need in South-West and Central Asia,…
Sixty percent of refugees in Iran become educated: Official
Press TV- An Iranian official says the figure for the refugees in the country, who have received proper education, stands at 60…
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…
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…
For refugees, finding work in Europe an uphill battle
VIENNA (AP) — Antonio Piani appears to have beaten the odds stacked against refugees finding work in Europe, but the hotel where…
Turkey: Reaching limits but will keep taking in refugees
KILIS, Turkey (AP) — Turkey has reached the end of its “capacity to absorb” refugees but will continue to take them in,…
A third of asylum seekers sailing to Europe are children: UNICEF
A third of the Europe-bound refugees making perilous sea crossings from Turkey to Greece are now children, the United Nations (UN) says,…
Syrian, Iraqi refugees to return home after crises: Germany’s Merkel
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has defended her open-door refugee policy, arguing that asylum seekers from Syria and Iraq would go back home…