Iran has lambasted the West for evading responsibility for the current refugee crisis, saying the US and Europe are to blame as their wrong policies triggered a migration wave. Irans Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani made the remarks via Twitter on Tuesday after an overcrowded fishing trawler carrying as many as 750 migrants, including around ...

Press TV - Head of the Russian National Defense Management Center, Colonel General Mikhail Mizintsev, says Syria should rejoin the Arab League in order to help support the process of a political solution to the ongoing crisis, and push refugees toward returning home. The restoration of Syrias position on the global scene, in particular its membership ...

Press TV - The Russian military says nearly 270,000 Syrian refugees have returned home in recent months, some seven years after various militant outfits started wrecking havoc in the Arab country. Head of the Russian National Defense Management Center Colonel General Mikhail Mizintsev announced the news in a press conference on Friday, adding ...

IRNA Deputy Interior Minister for security and disciplinary affairs Hossein Zolfaqari expressed concern over insecurity and crises in the region, especially in Afghanistan, accompanied with infiltration of Daesh terrorist elements. He made the remarks in executive committee meeting of the UN High Commission for Refugees in Geneva, Switzerland. Zolfaqari ...

MNA United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said that he is significantly impressed by the measures adopted by the Islamic Republic of Iran in past two years for supporting refugees. Filippo Grandi made the remarks in a Sunday meeting with a host of foreign ambassadors to Iran and officials of Interior Ministry in Tehran. He ...

MNA Iran's Deputy Interior Minister for Security Affairs Hossein Zolfaghari says the world system has lost its ability to resolve conflicts. HosseinZolfagharimade the remarks in a meeting with UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandion Saturday afternoon. Zolfaghari expressed Irans readiness to exchange information with UN ...

Press TV - The United Nations migration agency says at least 1,500 refugees have lost their lives in the Mediterranean since the start of this year, particularly along the perilous route between crisis-hit Libya and Italy. Despite incredibly low numbers arriving to Italy, the per capita death or the rate of death per 1,000 people may be at its ...

IFP - The German Interior Ministry says one of 69 Afghan refugees it deported last week has committed suicide on the way back home. According to the Afghan authorities, it was a suicide, a German Interior Ministry official told a news conference on Wednesday, adding, We received confirmation from the Afghan authorities today morning that one ...

IFP - The Iranian interior minister slammed Europe for its failure to cooperate with the Islamic Republic, saying that if Iran turns a blind eye to the smuggling of illicit drugs and refugee crisis, Europe will face one million refugees and two thousand tons of narcotics. In numerous international meetings, I have stated that our cooperation ...

MNA It is around 37 years that Iran is giving home to Afghan refugees affected by years of war in the poor country and Germany will join this humanitarian cause offering 1mn to NRC. The Federal Republic of Germany signed an agreement with the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) today through which it is contributing one million Euros to support efforts ...

Tasnim - Over 76,400 Afghan refugees have returned or been deported from neighboring Pakistan and Iran since the beginning this year, the UN Migration Agency (IOM) reported Wednesday. "The total number of undocumented Afghan returnees since 1 January 2018 from Pakistan is now 3,032. In the same time period, 73,390 individuals returned or were deported ...

Press TV - Pope Francis has used the Christmas Eve Mass to call on the world not to ignore the plight of millions of refugees who are driven from their land. Leading a ceremony on Sunday for about 10,000 people in St. Peters Basilica at the Vatican City, the head of the Roman Catholic Church compared refugees to Mary and Joseph, who had to travel ...

IRNA President Hassan Rouhani on Thursday warned about the threats to global peace and ever-increasing number of refugees, saying that they have both jeopardized public health and created challenges for the host nations. In a message to the global conference titled Non-Communicable diseases and Sustainable Development-Promoting Policy Coherence in ...

FNA - Hezbollah Deputy Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem revealed that the UN, under the pressure of certain countries, wants to prevent the Syrian refugees from returning home from Lebanon in a bid to use their presence as an instrument against the government in Damascus. "One of the European officials has revealed this issue which means that ...

Press TV - Thousands of people have taken to the streets in London to protest against rising sentiments of Islamophobia, racism and anti-refugee motions in the country. Protesters gathered in Londons parliament square on Saturday as they were united against racism and Islamophobia and supportive of refugee and migrants. They arrived at Portland ...

Press TV - The United Nations has praised Iran for generously hosting millions of violence-stricken asylum seekers and refugees, particularly those from neighboring Afghanistan. Iran has been exemplary in hosting refugees and keeping borders open, said Sivanka Dhanapala, head of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees office in Tehran,...

IRNA Representative for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Tehran Sivanka Dana Pala said here on Monday that Irans measures for refugees exemplary. He made the remarks in closing ceremony for the 4th National Festival on Afghanistan studies in Yazd. Dana Pala said that education of Afghan pupils in Iran and exempting them to ...

CNBC- A federal judge granted an emergency stay Saturday to bar deportation of people with valid visas who landed in the U.S., following chaos and detentions after President Donald Trump's executive order related to immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries. The American Civil Liberties Union estimates it will affect between 100 and 200 people ...

IRNA The representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to Tehran Sivanka Dana Pala said the world contribution in helping Iran cope with the refugee issues is poor. He made the remarks in a meeting with the Governor General of this central Iran province Rasoul Zargarpour here on Tuesday night. The UN official is heading a ...

TEHRAN, Sep. 28 (MNA) FAO Representative to Iran received a Note of Appreciation on Wednesday from his UNHCR counterpart welcoming the Organization as the latest partner to the Solutions Strategy for Afghan Refugees (SSAR). The Note handed over to Mr. Serge Nakouzi, the Representative of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ...