Situation of Iranian Refugees Worldwide
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situtaion of Iranian refugees worldwide. Our Documantation Center might
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Statistics
- UNHCR statistics: Iranian refugees by country or territory of asylum, end 1996
- UNHCR statistics: New arrivals of Iranian refugees during 1996
- UNHCR statistics: Iranian asylum applicants in selected asylum countries, 1996
- UNHCR statistics: Convention status recognitions for Iranians by country of asylum, 1996
- UNHCR statistics: Humanitarian status recognitions for Iranians by country of asylum, 1996
- UNHCR statistics: Resettlement departures for Iranian Refugees in 1996
- UNHCR statistics: Refugee status determination under UNHCR's mandate during 1996 or Iranians
News, Reports, and Articles
Asia
- IRAQ: "Unsafe Haven:" The Situation of Kurdish Iranian Refugees in Northern Iraq, Iranian Refugees At-Risk, Spring & Fall 1997, Bulletin of Iranian Refugees' Alliance, Inc.
- IRAQ: Iraq Country Information
- IRAQ: Iranian Kurd refugees flee to northern Iraq, Agence France Presse, June 13, 1996
- IRAQ: Two villages destroyed in attacks on Iranian Kurds: report, Agence France Presse, March 20, 1994
- IRAQ: Two villages housing Iranian Kurds "virtually destroyed" by Iranian shelling, BBC Summary of World Broadcasts March 22, 1994
- IRAQ: KURD REBELS SAY IRAN KILLS THEIR MAN IN BAGHDAD, Reuters World Service, August 4, 1994
- IRAQ: Kurds accuse Iran of killing militant leader in Iraq, Agence France Presse, August 04, 1994
- IRAQ: Iranian planes hit rebel base in Iraq, Reuters World Service November 9, 1994
- IRAQ: Iranian jets hit Kurds, The Times November 10, 1994
- IRAQ: Kurds claim Iranian air attack on Iraq caused deaths, injuries, Agence France Presse, November 09, 1994
- IRAQ: Iranian Kurd party under pressure from Iraqi Kurds, Agence France Presse, May 11, 1995
- IRAQ: IRAN GOES IN TO IRAQI KURDISTAN, The Guardian November 1, 1995
- IRAQ: Iraq Kurds say 100 casualties in Iran shelling, Reuters World Service, August 21, 1996
- IRAQ: U.N. human rights experts condemn Iran, attacks on Kurds, Deutsche Presse-Agentur, August 20, 1996
- IRAQ: UNHCR starts to return Kurdish families to Iran border area, Agence France Presse, August 13, 1996
- IRAQ: Statement reportedly from KDPI describes Iranian operation into northern Iraq, BBC Summary of World Broadcasts, August 3, 1996
- IRAQ: Iranian opposition radio says Iranian Kurdish refugees staging "sit-in", BC Summary of World Broadcasts, August 3, 1996
- IRAQ: Kurdish radio says Iranian aircraft bombed areas near Arbil, BBC Summary of World Broadcasts, July 31, 1996
- IRAQ: Speaker of Iraqi Kurdistan parliament denounces Iranian attack, BBC Summary of World Broadcasts, July 31, 1996
- IRAQ: Iranian forces kill 20 Kurds based in Iraq - Iranian TV, BBC Summary of World Broadcasts, July 31, 1996
- IRAQ: Exodus of refugees stops with end of Iranian attack, Agence France Presse, July 30, 1996
- IRAQ: Iranian troops withdraw from Kurdish camp: UN, Agence France Presse, July 30, 1996
- IRAQ: Iranian offensive killed Kurdish refugees: UN, Agence France Presse, July 30, 1996
- IRAQ: Thousands flee as Iran troops attack Kurds inside Iraq, The Times, July 30, 1996
- IRAQ: IRAN RAID STRENGTHENS GRIP ON NORTHERN IRAQ, The Guardian, July 30, 1996
- IRAQ: iran kills 20 rebel kurds, Xinhua News Agency, JULY 29, 1996
- IRAQ: IRAN SHELLS IRAQI KURDISTAN, COMPASS Newswire, JULY 29, 1996
- IRAQ: Iran's shelling scares off refugees in north Iraq, Reuters World Service, July 29, 1996
- IRAQ: 2,000 Iranian troops launch incursion into northern Iraq: Kurds, Agence France Presse, July 28, 1996
- IRAQ: Iran refugees in Iraq ask to go home - diplomat, Reuters World Service, July 25, 1996
- IRAQ: Kurdish rebels say Iran kills four members in Iraq, Reuters World Service, March 18, 1996
- IRAQ: Planes Raid Guerrilla Bases Inside Iraq, Facts on File World News Digest, June 10, 1993
- IRAQ: Iraq Kurds say 100 casualties in Iran shelling, Reuters World Service, August 21, 1996
- IRAQ: Iraq Kurds say 100 casualties in Iran shelling, Reuters World Service, August 21, 1996
- IRAQ: Official on cases of poisoned Iranian Kurds, "dire need" for medicine, BBC Summary of World Broadcasts, April 15, 1997
- IRAQ: Iraq says Iran poisoned 85 Iranian Kurds, Reuters World Service, April 13, 1997
- IRAQ: UNHCR urges Iran to take back its Iraq refugees, Reuters World Service, July 13, 1995
- IRAQ: Iranian Kurds arrested by Islamist Iraqi Kurds reportedly handed over to Iran, BBC Summary of World Broadcasts, November 5, 1996
- IRAQ: KDP accuses Iran of "invasion" , appeals for help, BBC Summary of World Broadcasts, October 24, 1996
- IRAQ: DPK CLAIMS ITS POSITIONS WERE SHELLED FROM IRANIAN TERRITORY, TASS, September 20, 1996
- IRAQ: Kurdish rebels say Iran kills five members in Iraq, Reuters World Service, January 3, 1996
- IRAQ: IRAN: DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF KORDESTAN ISSUES STATEMENT ON ARREST OF TWO KURDS, Source: Reuter Textline, BBC Monitoring Service: Middle East, February 18, 1995
- IRAQ: IRAQ: IRANIAN JETS HIT KURDS, Source: Reuter Textline, The Times, November 10, 1994
- IRAQ: IRAN: KDPI ISSUES STATEMENT ON IRANIAN AIR RAIDS, Source: Reuter Textlin, BBC Monitoring Service: Middle East
- IRAQ: IRAQ: TWO VILLAGES HOUSING IRANIAN KURDS "VIRTUALLY DESTROYED" BY IRANIAN SHELLING, Source: Reuter Textline, BBC Monitoring Service: Middle East, March 22, 1994
- IRAQ: World Refugee Survey US Committee for Refugees, 1996.
- IRAQ: Refugees blame UN for 16 years of broken promises, Agence France Presse, March 13, 1995
- IRAQ: Fact Sheet, UNHCR Public Information, December 9, 1994
- IRAQ: IRAQI Kurdistan, Fact Finding Mission on the Human Rights Situation, Federation Internationale Des Ligues Des Droits De L'Homme/Iranian refugees in Altash Camp/Iranian regime's attacks on kurdish villages, 1993.
- IRAQ: UN ORGANISES REPATRIATION OF IRANIAN REFUGEES, Source: Reuter Textline, Middle East Economic Digest, October 11, 1991
- Japan: IRANIAN APPEALS FOR HUSBAND'S RELEASE, Japan Economic Newswire, DECEMBER 3, 1988( NEXIS)
- PAKISTAN: World Refugee Survey US Committee for Refugees, 1995
- PAKISTAN: PAKISTAN TO EXPEL IRANIAN DISSIDENT, Reuter News Service - India, December 29, 1994
- PAKISTAN: Fact Sheet, UNHCR Public Information, LAST UPDATED: 14 January 1994
- PAKISTAN: An Independant Report on Iranian Refugees in Pakistan, prepared by the Ad Hoc Committee for Research on Refugee Rights, Montreal, August 1991
- PHILIPPINES: RSPI Newsletter v. 1, Feb. 1995, REFUGEE SERVICES PHILIPPINES INC. (RSPI).
- PHILIPPINES: Proceedings of the National Conference on refugee issues and prospects, 1995, the Philippine Experience, 24 Nov. 1994, Manila, REFUGEE SERVICES PHILIPPINES INC. (RSPI), 59p.
Europe
- DENMARK:Refugee women in Denmark: towards a new identity?, Boesen, Inger ; Pedersen, Kim, Dansk Flygtningehj'lp, 1989
- GREECE: Fact Sheet, UNHCR Public Information, May 15, 1995.
- GREECE: Livelihood and vulnerability of foreign refugees in Greece, BLACK, Richard, 28p July 1992.
- SPAIN: IRAN IN BRIEF; Spain offers asylum to Iranian women sentenced to death, BBC Summary of World Broadcasts, November 2, 1989
- SPAIN: Spain offered political asylum to 24 women facing execution in Iran on Tuesday, but a Foreign Ministry spokeswoman admitted their case seemed hopeless, Reuters, October 31, 1989
- TURKEY/IRAQ: CALLFOR ACTION ON BEHALF OF KURDISH IRANIAN REFUGEES, Iranian Refugees' Alliance, Nov. 26, 1997,
- TURKEY/IRAQ: LETTER TO HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES, RE: Policy of Returning Kurdish Iranian Refugees Back to Northern, Iranian Refugees' Alliance, Nov. 26, 1997,
- TURKEY: COMMENTS BY UNHCR ANKARA ON ASYLUM ISSUES RAISED BY NGOs , UNHCR - Ankara, April 1997
- TURKEY: Turkey Country Information
- TURKEY: ACTION ALERT: Hundreds more of Iranian asylum seekers in Turkey are at risk of imminent expulsion, Iranian Refugees' Alliance, April 10, 1997.
- TURKEY: OPEN LETTER TO TURKEY'S MINISTER OF INTERIOR, Iranian Refugees' Alliance, April 7, 1997.
- TURKEY: URGENT ACTION: Imminent deportation of a large group of Iranian refugees in Turkey, Iranian Refugees' Alliance, March 6, 1997.
- TURKEY: URGENT ACTION: Imminent Deportation of Four Iranian Refugees in Turkey, Iranian Refugees' Alliance, Feb. 26, 1997.
- TURKEY: Turkey detains 41 illegal refugees trying to cross into Greece, Agence France Presse, May 08, 1997
- TURKEY: Iran's deputy FM in Turkey for border security talks, Agence France Presse, July 18, 1996
- TURKEY: Iranian opposition Kurds deported from Turkey, The Daily Telegraph, April 19, 1997
- TURKEY: Iran, Turkey working together on opposition groups, Reuters, October 22, 1996 (NEXIS)
- TURKEY: Action Alert: Summary Expulsion of 21 Iranian asylum seekers in Turkey, Iranian Refugees' Alliance, Sept. 6, 1996.
- TURKEY: Action Alert: Summary Expulsion of 21 Iranian asylum seekers in Turkey, Iranian Refugees' Alliance, Sept. 6, 1996.
- TURKEY: Action Alert: Summary Expulsion of 21 Iranian asylum seekers in Turkey, Iranian Refugees' Alliance, Sept. 6, 1996.
- TURKEY: Barriers to Protection: Turkey's Asylum Regulations, Bill Frelick, US Committee for Refugees, July 1996,
- TURKEY: Iranian Refugees At-Risk, Summer & Spring 1996, Quarterly News letter of Iranian Refugees' Alliance, Inc.
- TURKEY: Urgent Action Alert, Fear of Deportation of more than 80 Iranian Asylum Seekers in Turkey, Iranian Refugees' Alliance, June 28, 1996.
- TURKEY: Urgent Action: Forcible return/Fear of safety/Fear of Torture/ill-treatment, Mehrdad Kavousi, aged 36, Iranian asylum seeker, Amnesty International, MDE 13/21/96, 26 June 1996
- TURKEY: Turkish government should stop forcible expulsion of refugees and asylum-seekers, AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, 17 May 1996, (EUR 44/70/96)
- TURKEY: Urgent Action: Forcible return/Fear for safety and new concern: Fear of Torture/ill-treatment, Mehrdad Kavousi, aged 36, Iranian asylum seeker, Amnesty International, MDE 13/06/96, 15 May 1996
- TURKEY: Urgent Action: Forcible return/Fear for safety, Mehrdad Kavousi, aged 36, Iranianm asylum seeker, MDE 13/14/96, 30 April 1996
- TURKEY: UNHCR criticizes Turkey over asylum practice, Deutsche Presse-Agentur, April 26, 1996
- TURKEY: Turkey deports Iran dissident despite U.N. fears, Reuters World Service, April 26, 1996
- TURKEY: GREECE SAYS PATROLBOAT FIRED WARNING SHOTS AT TURKS, The Reuter, European Community Report, April 22, 1996
- TURKEY: Turkish police detain Iranian protestors, Reuters World Service, April 1, 1996
- TURKEY: Iranian refugees protest against Tehran regime, Agence France Presse, March 29, 1996
- TURKEY: Dissidents accuse Iran envoy of killing exiles, Reuters, February 29, 1996 (NEXIS)
- TURKEY: Turkey urged not to repatriate Iranian asylum-seekers, Deutsche Presse-Agentur, January 10, 1996
- TURKEY: unhcr refuses to review case of iranian asylum-seekers in
- TURKEY: World Refugee Survey US Committee for Refugees, 1996.
- TURKEY: unhcr refuses to review case of iranian asylum-seekers in turkey, Xinhua News Agency, NOVEMBER 17, 1995
- TURKEY: Turkey says not obliged to accept Iranian refugees, Reuters World Service, October 25, 1995
- TURKEY: UN urges Turkey to stop expelling Iranian refugees, Reuters World Service, October 24, 1995
- TURKEY: IRAN: OPPOSITION GROUPS' STATEMENT SAYS REFUGEES IN TURKEY UNDER THREAT OF EXPULSION, Source: Reuter Textline, BBC Monitoring Service: Middle East, February 22, 1995
- TURKEY: Iranian Refugees At-Risk, Fall 1995 & Winter 1996, Iranian Refugees' Alliance, Inc.
- TURKEY: Evading scrutiny: Does UNHCRs refugee determination procedure measure up to international standards?, (assessment of the practices of UNHCR branch office in Turkey- Prelim assessment of new Turkish Govt & UNHCR ref processing system, May 1995, Iranian Refugees' Allaince, USA.
- TURKEY: Iranian Refugees At-Risk, Spring 95, Quarterly Newsletter of Iranian Refugees' Alliance, Inc.
- TURKEY: Iranian Refugees At-Risk, Summer 95, Quarterly Newsletter of Iranian Refugees' Alliance, Inc.
- TURKEY: IRAN WELCOMES JOINT SECURITY ACTION WITH TURKEY, Reuters World Service, July 22, 1994
- TURKEY: Discrimination puts non-European asylum-seekers at-risk, Amnesty International, EUR 44/WU 09/1994, 30 March 1994
- TURKEY: FOUR OPPOSITION GROUPS ISSUE STATEMENT ON REFUGEES IN TURKEY, Source: Reuter Textline, BBC Monitoring Service: Middle East, August 16, 1994
- TURKEY: IRAN: KURDISH OPPOSITION RADIO COMMENTS ON IRANIAN-TURKISH RELATIONS AND BESHARATI'S VISIT, Source: Reuter Textline, BBC Monitoring Service: Middle East, June 29, 1994
- TURKEY: Turkey : selective protection : discriminatory treatment of non-European refugees and asylum-seekers, Amnesty International, EUR 44/16/94, March 1994.
- TURKEY: AI Fears for the Safety of Iranian and Iraqi Refugees and Asulum-seekers, Amnesty International, EUR 44/WU 03/1994, 21 January 1994
- TURKEY: IRANIAN KURD DISSIDENT SHOT DEAD IN TURKEY, Reuters, January 7, 1994 (NEXIS)
- TURKEY: Turkey, Iran join forces against Kurd separatists, Agence France Presse, December 20, 1993
- TURKEY: IRAN AGREES TO HELP TURKEY AGAINST KURDS, The Reuter Library Report, December 19, 1993
- TURKEY: TURKEY AND IRAN HOLD SECURITY TALKS, he Reuter Library Report, November 30, 1993
- TURKEY: The Legal Status of Asylum Seekers in Turkey: Problems and Prospects, Kemal Kirisci, Internatioanl Jouranal of Refugee Law Vol. 3 No. 3, 1991
- TURKEY: Nine Iranians summarily returned to Iran from Turkey, (A1 index: EUR 44/104/88), AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, 9 Dec. 1988.
- TURKEY: The situation of Iranian refugees in Turkey, Preliminary draft report, Committee on Migration, Refugees and Demography, COUNCIL OF EUROPE PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY ; Mrs. LUUK ; Mr. ALTUG, 8p 5 Dec. 1988.
- TURKEY: Turkey : an unsafe country of waiting for Iranian refugees, Amnesty International, 7p, AI Index: EUR 44/56/88, July 1988.
- TURKEY: Nine Iranians summarily returned to Iran from Turkey, AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, 9 Dec. 1988, (A1 index: EUR 44/104/88).
- TURKEY: Iranian refugees in Turkey, translation of a report of a German delegation to Turkey, WEISSINGER, Friedrich; DIAKONISCHES WERK OF HESSEN AND NASSAU, 9p, 22 March 1987, Diakonisches Werk of Hessen and Nassau [D].
- NETHERLANDS: Fasting Iranians Demand Green Cards, The Associated Press, Thursday, August 14, 1997
- NETHERLANDS: SOS to Concerned Parties and Activists, Iranian hunger striker in detention faces death, Aug, 27, 1996.
- NETHERLANDS: PROTESTS FAIL TO HALT DEPORTATION OF IRANIAN ASYLUM SEEKER, ANP English News Bulletin, July 19, 1996
- NETHERLANDS: IHRWG appeals to the Dutch authorities on behalf of Iranian refugees in Holland, (released: June 25th , 1996)
- NETHERLANDS: GOVT TO CONTINUE REPATRIATING FAILED IRANIAN ASYLUM SEEKERS, ANP English News Bulletin, May 29, 1996
- NETHERLANDS: HUMANITARIAN PLEA FOR IRANIANS REFUSED ASYLUM IN NL, ANP English News Bulletin, November 20, 1995
- NETHERLANDS: IRANIAN ASYLUM SEEKERS PROTEST COURT RULING, ANP English News Bulletin, November 7, 1995
- NETHERLANDS: Iranian asylum seekers protest Dutch court ruling, Reuters World Service, November 5, 1995
- NETHERLANDS: Dutch court rejects Iranian asylum request, Reuters World Service, November 2, 1995
- NETHERLANDS: Psychological problems of young Iranian refugees, VAN DER VEER, Guus, 1987, 11p, Social Psychiatric Service for Refugees Amsterdam, Netherland.
- NORWAY: Iranian immigrants and refugees in Norway, KAMALKHANI, Zahra, 214p, 1988, Department of Social Anthropology, University of Bergen.
- SWEDEN: Iranian Gay Man Faces Expulsion from Sweden, Federation for Gay and Lesbian Rights (RFSL)
- SWEDEN: Asylum protection for unaccompanied Eritrean and Iranian children in the Federal Republic of Germany and in Sweden, Unaccompanied refugee children in Europe / International Social Service pp. 49 - 57 1990, ISS German Branch.
- United Kingdom: STRASBOURG BAR TO DEPORTATION, The Guardian, January 18, 1997
- United Kingdom: Euro-court takes up Iranian vs Britain case, Reuters World Service, January 17, 1997
- United Kingdom: The European Convention on Human Rights and the Absoluteness of its Article 3- M.A.R. v. United Kingdom, Iranian Refugees At-Risk, Spring & Fall 1997, Bulletin of Iranian Refugees' Alliance, Inc.
United States
- Mother of exiles : refugees imprisoned in America., Lawyers Committee for Human Rights : Helsinki Watch, c1986.
- Anti Woman Bias, Basis for Asylum, Clyde Farnsworth, New York Times, Feb. 2, 1993
Canada
- REFUGEE WAS JAILED FOR MAKEUP, The Toronto Sun, July 12, 1996
- IRANIAN REFUGEE ORDERED DEPORTED FOR STORE HEISTS, The Toronto Sun, July 20, 1995
- Iranian woman who whipped allowed to stay, Toronto star, Oct. 23, 1991
- Iranian refugees in Canada, a preliminary research proposal Sept.1989-Aug.1990, Vakil-zad, Cyrus A., 16p, 1989.
Australia
- Iranian seeking asylum in Australia claims he could be killed, Agence France Presse, January 21, 1997
- Australia dumps Iranian refugee: report, Agence France Presse, May 05, 1995
- Ex-Iranian stranded here - Australia refuses reentry, The Jerusalem Post, May 5, 1995
- AUSTRALIA: IRANIAN MAKES REFUGEE APPEAL, Source: Reuter Textline Sunday Age (Melbourne), July 3, 1994
- AUSTRALIA: TORTURE IN IRAN LED TO EMBASSY RAID, COURT TOLD, Source: Reuter Textlin, The Age (Melbourne), November 30, 1993
General
- BACKGROUND PAPER ON REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS FROM IRAN, UNHCR Centre for Documentation and Research Geneva, October 1995
- Iranian Exiles and Sexual Politics: Issues of Gender Relations and Identity, Hammed Shahidian, Journal of Refugee Studies, Vol. 9, No. 1 1996.
- Iranian refugees and exiles since Khomeini, FATHI, Asghar (ed.), 1991, Mazda Publishers/ EUROPE / USA / CANADA.
- Iranian Refugees: The Many Faces of Persecution, Allen K. Jones, U.S. Committee for Refugees, 1984.
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