US EditionIran-Israel War Must Not Become Refugee Crisis: UN
- On June 22, 2025, the United Nations warned that the escalating Iran-Israel conflict risks triggering a large-scale refugee crisis in the Middle East.
- This warning followed recent Israeli airstrikes on Iranian nuclear sites, which intensified tit-for-tat missile strikes causing civilians in both countries to flee their homes.
- Thousands of Iranians are leaving Tehran and other targeted cities, mostly heading north toward more rural regions close to the Caspian Sea, despite heavy traffic jams and limited fuel availability.
- Filippo Grandi, the UN’s top official for refugees, emphasized the critical need to defuse the conflict immediately to prevent a new wave of displacement.
- The UN highlighted Iran hosts about 3.5 million refugees mainly from Afghanistan, and a prolonged conflict would worsen their hardships and potentially displace more people regionally.
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Iran-Israel war must not become refugee crisis, UN warns
The United Nations said on Saturday the Iran-Israel war must not be allowed to trigger another refugee crisis in the Middle East, saying once people fled there was no quick way back. UNHCR, the UN's refugee agency, said the intensity of the attacks between the two sides was already triggering population movements in both countries. Such movements had already been reported from Tehran and other parts of Iran, it said, with some people crossing in…
The war between Iran and Israel should not declare a new crisis of refugees in the Middle East, the United Nations warned Saturday, stressing that once people are fleeing the way of the war, not...
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Iran-Israel war must not become refugee crisis: UN
GENEVA: The United Nations said on Saturday the Iran-Israel war must not be allowed to trigger another refugee crisis in the Middle East, saying once people fled there was no quick way back. UNHCR, the UN’s refugee agency, said the intensity of the attacks between the two sides was already triggering population movements in both countries. Such movements had already been
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