Migration

Taliban welcomes return of migrants to Afghanistan

Tehran, IRNA – Afghanistan's Acting Minister of Refugees and Repatriation, Khalil Rahman Haqqani, has said that his country welcomes the return of migrants to Afghanistan.
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11 dead, dozens missing as migrant boats sink in Mediterranean

Tehran, IRNA – Two boats carrying asylum seekers sank off the southern coast of Italy, leaving at least 11 migrants dead and 64 missing, the Italian Coast Guard and United Nations agencies announced on Monday.
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Some 800k Iranians displaced due to climate change: Official

Tehran, IRNA – Some 800,000 Iranians have been forced to migrate from Iran’s southern and central provinces to the country’s northern provinces over the past two years because of issues related to climate change, according to an official familiar with the matter.
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Iran hosting large number of refugees for many years: Official

Tehran, IRNA – The Chairman of Iran’s Migration Organization, Abdollah Mobini, referring to the point that Iran is a country that has hosted a high number of refugees for many years, said that Iran cannot host more
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Iran concerned about new wave of Afghan refugees after earthquake

Tehran, IRNA – The Chairman of Iran’s Migration Organization, Abdollah Mobini, has voiced Tehran’s concerns over the potential new influx of Afghan refugees following a recent earthquake in Afghanistan.
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Some 56% of Israeli youths thinking of migration: Report

Tehran, IRNA – Media sources of the Zionist regime have reported that some 33% of the settlers of the occupied territories, including 56% of the youth, are thinking of migration because of amendments planned in the Israeli judicial law which is viewed as a coup by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Hungarian PM slams Western values

In a speech at the 32nd edition of the Bálványos summer free university and student camp in July 2023, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán criticized the European Union for its policies and said that today "Western values" mean only three things: migration, LGBTQ, and war.
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US, Europe's wrong policies responsible for Illegal migration to West: Iran

Tehran, IRNA – The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman has censured the United States and Europe for adopting wrong policies which have led to a surge in illegal migration from Asian and African countries to the West.
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Iran slams West for its double standards on migrants

Tehran, IRNA – Consular Director General of the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Alireza Mahmoudi on Monday criticized the imposition of double standards by the Western governments on migrants.
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Iran, Denmark discuss consular, migration issues

Tehran, IRNA – An Iranian delegation met representatives of Denmark’s foreign ministry on Friday to discuss issues regarding Iranians residing in that country.
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Iran calls for upgrading international cooperation on migration

New York, IRNA – An Iranian diplomat in the United Nations through a speech here stressed the necessity of upgrading the international cooperation in the area of migration.
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UN Chief calls for effective int’l cooperation, more compassionate approach to migration

Tehran, IRNA - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in his message on International Migration Day, 18 December 2021, called for more effective international cooperation and a more compassionate approach to migration.
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Invaders must shoulder consequences of their destructive role in Afghanistan

London, IRNA – Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the European Union Gholamhossein Dehqani said that the NATO military alliance must shoulder the responsibility for the negative consequences of their invasion of Afghanistan.
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Migratory birds in Chaharmahal-Bakhtiari Wetlands

More than 70,000 migratory birds landed in Gandoman and Choghakhor international wetlands and other regional lagoons in Chaharmahal-Bakhtiari Province. Gandoman international Wetland is regarded as the main aquatic ecosystems in West of Iran, Surrounding this wetland are beautiful meadows providing bush grazing grounds for herds. Shahrekord, Iran. November 28, 2020. IRNA/Ahmad Riahi Dehkordi.
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