illegal immigrants
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Finland ready to cooperate with Iran on refugee issues: Envoy
Tehran, IRNA – Finnish Ambassador to Tehran Yani Johannes Rayana has announced his country's readiness to continue cooperation with Iran on issues related to refugees, saying there is a need to establish positive bilateral relations to reach appropriate solutions to the problem.
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Iran warns illegal migrants they have no option but to leave
Kerman, IRNA – Head of the Iranian Interior Ministry’s migrants department has said that nationals of other countries who have entered Iran illegally have no option but to leave.
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Iran to send back over 56K foreign nationals via southeastern province
Zahedan, IRNA — As many as 56,356 foreign nationals have been sent back to their home countries through the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan, a local official says.
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Iran not to tolerate presence of unauthorized immigrants: Senior official
Tehran, IRNA – Head of the Iranian National Immigration Organization Abdollah Mobini has said that the country will not tolerate the presence of unauthorized immigrants.
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All illegal migrants should return to their homelands: Iran interior minister
Karaj, IRNA – Iran’s Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi has said all illegal migrants must leave Iran and return to their homelands.
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Iran begins repatriation of unauthorized immigrants
Tehran, IRNA – The National Migration Organization of Iran has commenced the repatriation of unauthorized immigrants since August, with 450,000 individuals lacking proper identification or legal documentation already deported.
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Afghan migrants settling in Torkham border area
The Torkham border area, located on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, is hosting Afghan migrants who have been deported from Pakistan over the past weeks. Since October 17, some 35,000 Afghan families, including around 200,000 people, have returned to Afghanistan only via the Torkham route. The deportation of illegal Afghan migrants by Islamabad is taking place at a time when tensions between the two neighboring states are mounting. (IRNA Photos/Mostafa Nouri)
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Over 40,000 illegal Afghan nationals arrested at Iranian borders
Zahedan, IRNA – The commander of the border guard police of Iran’s southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan has announced the arrest of 40,509 illegal Afghan nationals at the Iranian borders with Pakistan and Afghanistan.
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All illegal Afghan migrants must leave Iran: Interior minister
Tehran, IRNA- Iran’s Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi has said all illegal migrants from Afghanistan must leave the country, while stressing the need for more robust legal mechanisms to handle those who return to Iran after they have been deported.
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Iran says number of Afghan refugees no more than 5 million
Tehran, IRNA - Iranian Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi has emphasized that the number of Afghan refugees in Iran are no more than 5 million a s he rejects other figures published in media reports.