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2020-12-16 18:04
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Iran among top 20 Asian migrant countries
TEHRAN – Iran was placed 16th among the top 20 Asian migrant countries in 2019, and the fifth top country by total refugees and asylum seekers in 2018, according to the 2020 World Migration report released by International Organization for Migration (IOM).
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2020-12-01 20:00
Afghan coach wins Nansen Award for empowering refugees in Iran
TEHRAN – Rozma Ghafouri, a 29-year-old sports coach, won the UNHCR’s annual Nansen Refugee Award, a prestigious annual prize that honors those who have gone to extraordinary lengths to help forcibly displaced or stateless people.
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2020-11-22 18:38
COVID-19 takes lowest toll on foreign nationals in Iran: official
TEHRAN – Iran had the lowest coronavirus cases and mortality among refugees and foreign nationals compared to the population it is hosting, Mehdi Mahmoudi, the director for foreign nationals and immigrants at the Ministry of Interior, has said.
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2020-09-21 19:30
Afghan coach helps young refugees back to school in Iran
TEHRAN – Rozma Ghafouri, a 29-year-old sports coach, draws on her own to get young refugees and undocumented Afghans aged between 11 and 15, out of work, and back into school.
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2020-08-01 18:55
FAO, WFP support livelihoods for Afghan refugees in Iran
TEHRAN – The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Program (WFP) are working to improve the livelihoods of Afghan refugees living in Iran amid COVID-19 pandemic.
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2020-07-18 18:15
Iran hosting largest, most protracted urban refugee situations
TEHRAN – The Islamic Republic of Iran is host to one of the largest and most protracted urban refugee situations in the world and has provided asylum to refugees for four decades.
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2020-01-20 09:33
UNHCR official lauds Iran's services to refugees
TEHRAN - The UNHCR representative in Iran, Ivo Freijsen, said on Saturday that Tehran's extensive services to asylum seekers and refugees are admirable.
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2019-12-18 19:09
UN global forum lauds Iran for hosting refugees
TEHRAN – The United Nations Global Refugee Forum appreciated Iran’s efforts to provide services to Afghan refugees.
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2019-07-06 20:08
3 million Afghans to flood Europe in event of Iran-U.S. war, Luxembourg FM warns
TEHRAN – The foreign minister of Luxembourg has warned against an influx of about three million Afghan refugees living in Iran to Europe if even a small clash takes place between Iranian and American military forces.
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2019-06-10 20:38
Germany helps support vulnerable Afghan and Iraqi refugees in Iran
The Government of the Federal Republic of Germany has contributed €2 million (US$2.2 million) to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in support of 30,000 of the most vulnerable Afghan and Iraqi refugees, most of them women and girls living in settlements in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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2019-05-10 21:57
The West should share burden of Afghan refugees, Iran says
TEHRAN - Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Abbas Araqchi said on Friday that the Western countries have caused many problems for the Afghan people and should fulfil their duties in helping the Afghan refugees.
