TEHRAN Maysaa Alghribawy, the new agent of the World Food Program (WFP) in Iran, has announced the organizations commitment to supporting Iran as one the biggest refugee hosting countries.Highlighting the challenges faced by the WFP in the region, Alghribawy requested for enhancing cooperation and interactions with the country to advance the companys efforts and obligations in Iran, as well as the area, foreign ministry site reported.The official made the remarks on Sunday, January 12, in a meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, while presenting her credentials, and offering an account of this humanitarian organizations programs and operations in food security.Araghchi, for his part, highlighted the significance of promoting cooperations saying that addressing humanitarian crisis, including refugees and migrants crisis, in West Asia requires regional and international cooperation.Some 4,000 authorized Afghans go into Iran dailyIn November 2024, the head of the National Organization for Migration, Nader Yar-Ahmadi stated almost 4,000 Afghans with valid passports get in the country every day.Approximately, six million Afghans, including recorded and undocumented ones, are residing in the country, ILNA priced estimate Yar-Ahmadi as saying.Migration can be due to lots of elements such as local crises consisting of political, social, and even natural crises which provoke social changes.Stating that foreign nationals entering any country need a deposit of at least 100,000 dollars for an one-year home authorization, the official stated the nation is looking for extensive paperwork of individuals who have actually entered the nation to organize them better.Iran may rethink refugee policiesIn October 2024, Yar-Ahmadi said, In case the international community refrains from taking obligation and fairly sharing the problem of hosting refugees, the Islamic Republic of Iran will most likely revise its migration policies.The official made the remarks in a meeting held on the sidelines of the annual session with Flippo Grandi, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.The 75th Annual Session of the Executive Committee of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (ExCom) held from October 14 to 19 in Geneva, Switzerland.Lauding the assistance and the efforts of the UNHCR in Iran, the Iranian official said the boost in foreign nationals population together with instructional, economic, cultural-social, and health facilities pressure on one hand and the absence of consistency between the UNHCR budget and the requirements and costs of refugees in the nation on the other hand have actually triggered numerous issues, IRNA estimated Yar-Ahmadi as saying.The main highlighted less than one percent of the costs of refugees have been spent for; hosting more refugees is improbable, and they need to return to their home country.The concern of the country is to resettle vulnerable refugees in third nations, regardless of pledges made in your last check out to Iran in the fiscal year 1400 (2021 2022) to supply more vulnerable refugees with insurance coverage, regretfully, not just did the number of those covered not increase, but also reduced from 120,000 to 95,000 individuals.It needs to be kept in mind that political issues, consisting of sanctions, must not affect humanitarian activities.
Because humanitarian problems are apart from political concerns, the Islamic Republic of Iran is all set to cooperate with financial supporters of refugees in the nation, the official added.Considering the difficulties dealing with the education system due to the free education of Afghan nationals in the nation, it is needed for the UNHCR to cover the expenses associated with their education, including constructing brand-new schools, refurbishing and equipping schools, and paying instructor recruitment costs.Some 25,000 class are needed for the education of foreign students, but considering that 2021, just 21 schools have been built with the assistance of the UNHCR in the country which does not meet the needs.MT/ MG