Up to 3.2 million people displaced inside Iran by conflict, UN says… Are European worried about an impending surge?
March 15, 2026
We've seen it before… with Syria and Libya, which Europe is still dealing with the consequence of 15 years later from the opening of that floodgate. Is Iran now a concern among the general European public and governments?
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Maybe leaders should stop starting wars and then we won’t have immigrants and refugees? How about that.
I don’t blame the migrants, I blame fascist warmongering leaderships. So no, I’m not worried.
I wouldn’t say that it’d be a major concern in Europe per-sé and I’m more likely to guess that they’ll either relocate to Türkiye or stay displaced until this is completely over.
Not really, because Russia doesn’t want Iran to be entangled in that crap too long, so they will not use it to their advance.
I’ve heard from Iranians that the geography of Iran is not as straightforward to Europe through turkey as it was the case for Syria, but it’s still clear that there will be a surge in immigrants either way.
Doubtful that refugees from Iran can reach the EU land border
Saudiarabia, Turkey, Azebaidjan, Kazachstan – enoungh countries in the neighbourhood.
I’m not. Iranians aren’t Syrians. They generally want to stay home if they can. But this also isn’t a civil war tearing everything apart internally, and hopefully won’t turn into one. The Iranian regime needed to go a long time ago. The timing and planning right now are sh*t, but it’s not a bad thing this is finally happening.
Well the far right might hope for it as Spain and France (and maybe others) have big elections and immigration is their bread and butter.
For the rest yes a war “nearby” is likely to have an impact as all the others did.
Edit: big elections in 2027
There is no Merkel anymore and old multicultural globalism is considered a failed project by most of the elites. So, Europe would not accept iranian refugeees.
Of course, the last time Europeans governments were caught pants down, and I don’t think they’ve somehow magically become more competent today. They’ll hand the far right an election victory on a silver platter by bungling this one, too.
No, the EU has learned its lesson. Moreover, right wing governments and policies are on the rise, that would act as an another deterrent.
Not really we do have bigger problems.
Still they should be put on planes and flown to the US and Israel of course.
Clearly not as everyone except Spain is licking the orange one’s ringpiece
For a while. Western and Central Europe don’t have much to fuss about
All of us in the Caucasus and Anatolia are gonna be your refugee sponge first
Everyone here in Tbilisi is highkey anxious about *that*
I’m not concerned at all, because they are not entering Europe. They can try to enter of course, but nobody is welcomed here anymore.
No creo. Y por una razón relativamente sencilla: no recuerdo jamás haber oído, leído o escuchado que la inmigración iraní haya sido conflictiva o dado problemas. Y de los que he conocido, al revés, haciendo por vivir como uno más, bastante integrados, haciéndose con algún negocio…
Los únicos que han dado la nota han sido los cuatro idiotas (pero peligrosos por eso) que han atentado en nombre del Irán de los ayatolás por alguna de sus fatuah o por algún interés de atentado mayor (aquí en España uno en 1985 en un bar de Madrid, por ejemplo).
I know it’s far-right wet dream. Considering the current zeitgeist and shifting view on Immigration this will only play to their hand.
How about the arab world take their won refugees for once?
What kind of a shitty community keep waging wars, displaces their own people but blames the west?
It’s interesting how conservatives started this war and now conservatives will complain about refugees. Like … surprised pikachu face about consequences
I think the plan is to do an airlift and drop them off in Florida.
They can go to Saudi or UAE, we don’t need them here and our cultures are 2 different worlds
21 comments
Maybe leaders should stop starting wars and then we won’t have immigrants and refugees? How about that.
I don’t blame the migrants, I blame fascist warmongering leaderships. So no, I’m not worried.
I wouldn’t say that it’d be a major concern in Europe per-sé and I’m more likely to guess that they’ll either relocate to Türkiye or stay displaced until this is completely over.
Not really, because Russia doesn’t want Iran to be entangled in that crap too long, so they will not use it to their advance.
I’ve heard from Iranians that the geography of Iran is not as straightforward to Europe through turkey as it was the case for Syria, but it’s still clear that there will be a surge in immigrants either way.
Doubtful that refugees from Iran can reach the EU land border
Saudiarabia, Turkey, Azebaidjan, Kazachstan – enoungh countries in the neighbourhood.
I’m not. Iranians aren’t Syrians. They generally want to stay home if they can. But this also isn’t a civil war tearing everything apart internally, and hopefully won’t turn into one. The Iranian regime needed to go a long time ago. The timing and planning right now are sh*t, but it’s not a bad thing this is finally happening.
Well the far right might hope for it as Spain and France (and maybe others) have big elections and immigration is their bread and butter.
For the rest yes a war “nearby” is likely to have an impact as all the others did.
Edit: big elections in 2027
There is no Merkel anymore and old multicultural globalism is considered a failed project by most of the elites. So, Europe would not accept iranian refugeees.
Of course, the last time Europeans governments were caught pants down, and I don’t think they’ve somehow magically become more competent today. They’ll hand the far right an election victory on a silver platter by bungling this one, too.
No, the EU has learned its lesson. Moreover, right wing governments and policies are on the rise, that would act as an another deterrent.
Not really we do have bigger problems.
Still they should be put on planes and flown to the US and Israel of course.
Clearly not as everyone except Spain is licking the orange one’s ringpiece
For a while. Western and Central Europe don’t have much to fuss about
All of us in the Caucasus and Anatolia are gonna be your refugee sponge first
Everyone here in Tbilisi is highkey anxious about *that*
I’m not concerned at all, because they are not entering Europe. They can try to enter of course, but nobody is welcomed here anymore.
No creo. Y por una razón relativamente sencilla: no recuerdo jamás haber oído, leído o escuchado que la inmigración iraní haya sido conflictiva o dado problemas. Y de los que he conocido, al revés, haciendo por vivir como uno más, bastante integrados, haciéndose con algún negocio…
Los únicos que han dado la nota han sido los cuatro idiotas (pero peligrosos por eso) que han atentado en nombre del Irán de los ayatolás por alguna de sus fatuah o por algún interés de atentado mayor (aquí en España uno en 1985 en un bar de Madrid, por ejemplo).
I know it’s far-right wet dream. Considering the current zeitgeist and shifting view on Immigration this will only play to their hand.
How about the arab world take their won refugees for once?
What kind of a shitty community keep waging wars, displaces their own people but blames the west?
It’s interesting how conservatives started this war and now conservatives will complain about refugees. Like … surprised pikachu face about consequences
I think the plan is to do an airlift and drop them off in Florida.
They can go to Saudi or UAE, we don’t need them here and our cultures are 2 different worlds