TEHRAN, October 07 -Hours after Indian TV channels flashed that the country was deporting seven Rohingya Muslims to Myanmar, Sahidullah said he received a call from his nephew: “Uncle, please get us out of here. They will send us back too.”
TEHRAN, September 18 - US authorities slashed maximum refugee admission for the upcoming fiscal year from 45,000 to 30,000, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Monday.
TEHRAN, September 14 - Political divisions at government level within the European Union will lead to more refugee deaths in the Mediterranean, experts at a conference in Brussels warn. Rights groups accuse the EU of failing in its legal and moral responsibilities by creating a fortress Europe to keep refugees out.
TEHRAN, September 03 -The head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) has warned that millions of Palestinian refugees “cannot simply be wished away,” hitting back at a controversial decision made by the United States to cut off its aid to the support agency.
TEHRAN, September 03 - A senior international adviser to the Iranian parliament speaker condemned a recent move by the Donald Trump administration to end funding for the UN agency responsible for providing education, health care and other services to Palestinian refugees .
TEHRAN, August 18 -Mohib Bullah is not your typical human rights investigator. He chews betel and he lives in a rickety hut made of plastic and bamboo. Sometimes, he can be found standing in a line for rations at the Rohingya refugee camp where he lives in Bangladesh.
TEHRAN, July 06 - The number of migrants and refugees crossing the Mediterranean to Europe has fallen dramatically, but the likelihood of dying while attempting the dangerous voyage has grown exponentially, the UN said Friday.
TEHRAN, July 03 - The United Nations human rights office and refugee agency UNHCR urged Jordan on Tuesday to open its border to Syrians trying to escape an escalating conflict in the southwest region of Deraa.
TEHRAN, July 02 - Italy’s hardline Interior Minister Matteo Salvini has called for the formation of a Europe-wide alliance of like-minded far-right parties to “defend their borders” against an influx of refugees into the continent.
TEHRAN, June 28 - Hundreds of Syrian refugees have left the Lebanese border town of Arsal to return home, as part of a coordinated operation between authorities in Beirut and Damascus.
TEHRAN, June 24 -Leaders of the European Union (EU) countries are slated to hold an emergency meeting in Brussels on Sunday, seeking to settle their differences and pursue a unified approach to the refugee crisis facing the bloc.
TEHRAN, June 22 - German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called for a political solution to the hot-button issue of Syrian refugees ' return from Lebanon to their homeland, saying it can only take place in coordination with the United Nations.
TEHRAN, June 11 - Hundreds of refugees remain stranded in a humanitarian ship at sea after both Italy and Malta refused to open their ports to the vessel and engaged, instead, in a diplomatic spat over the issue.
TEHRAN, June 04 - Italy will no longer be "Europe's refugee camp", newly installed interior minister Matteo Salvini said on Monday as he promised tough action to reduce migrant arrivals and send back those who have already come.
TEHRAN, May 31 - Lebanon is working with Damascus for the return of thousands of refugees who want to go back to Syria, a Lebanese official said on Thursday.
TEHRAN, March 16 - The United Nations has launched an appeal for nearly one billion dollar to meet the urgent needs of Rohingya Muslims in Bangladesh, stressing the importance of establishing conditions for securing the safe return of those displaced.
TEHRAN, March 8 - Rwandan official said more than 2,500 Burundian refugees in Congo are seeking shelter in Rwanda amid fears they could be forcibly repatriated back home by Congolese authorities.
TEHRAN, February 26 - Thousands have taken to the streets of Brussels, the heart of the European Union, in protest at the Belgian government’s refugee policy, calling on authorities to adopt a more “humane” approach in dealing with “those without papers.”
TEHRAN, February 20 - Dozens of asylum seekers who have been given temporary shelter at a former hospital ship in a Dutch canal face uncertainty, as a far-right anti-immigrant wave sweeps the country ahead of its federal election.
TEHRAN, February 9 - Ten thousand migrants are living in “deplorable” conditions in Italy without shelter, food and clean water, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has warned in a damning indictment of the country’s border practices.