NEARLY 5,000 AFGHAN MIGRANTS DEPORTED FROM IRAN IN 24 HOURS

Mon 17 July 2023:

Almost 5,000 Afghan migrants were deported in less than 24 hours via the Milak border crossing in Sistan and Baluchistan region, local media reported.

According to an Iranian border commander, 4,767 “illegal” Afghan immigrants have been returned to Afghanistan in the last 24 hours at the Milak border crossing in the province of Sistan and Baluchistan.

Immigration officers claimed “illegal entry, stay, and passport expiration” as the primary reasons for the migrants’ deportation.

According to Parviz Ghasemzada, Iran’s border commander for the area, Foreigners must enter, remain and leave Iran legally, Tasnim News Agency reported.

He warned that anyone trying to enter Iran illegally would be turned over to the authorities and deported from the country.

He added, “Combating the illegal residence of unauthorized foreigners in Sistan and Baluchistan is seriously on the agenda.”

Khorasan Razavi, general director of Iran’s foreign national and immigrant affairs, reportedly said that more than 90,000 Afghans had returned home over the Dogharun Taybad border this year.

Since the return of the Taliban in August 2021, around 3.6 million Afghans left their country, with 70 per cent of them travelling to Iran.

Most migrants leave the country due to prosecution, lack of job opportunities, economic crisis, and security threats.

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

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