Tehran, yjc. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) office in Iran says Germany has offered $600,000 as fund for educating Afghan refugees in Iran.
Expressing
gratitude to the Islamic Republic for having been hosting Afghan refugees for
decades, Michael von Ungern-Sternberg, German Ambassador to Tehran,
acknowledged the difficult task of organizing hundreds of thousands of the
refugees while announcing his government’s aid to assist Tehran in improving
the conditions of the immigrants.
"Due
to various regional crises, Iran has been hosting a large refugee population
for over 30 years now. Germany is well aware of the immense challenges that
have arisen out of this situation,” said Ungern-Sternberg, according to a press
release by the UNHCR’s Tehran office on Sunday.
"We
therefore want to give our contribution to improve living conditions of
refugees while assisting the Government of Iran in its difficult task and we
are convinced that the solution to the refugee problem requires a regional
approach,” he further stated.
In
the meantime, the UNHCR’s Representative in Iran Sivanka Dhanapala expressed
gratitude to the German government for its contribution and asserted,
"Increasing knowledge through education is a sure way of addressing solutions
for any difficulty we face in our lifetime.”
According
to a press release by the UNHCR’s, the contribution will enable more than
330,000 Afghan refugee students who are currently studying in Iranian schools
"in becoming self-sufficient individuals who will themselves some time contribute
a share in rebuilding Afghanistan.”