Iran Deports Nearly 19,000 Afghan Refugees to Afghanistan in Two Weeks

Majid Shuja, the border guard commander of Khorasan Razavi province, on Sunday, announced that over the past two weeks, 18,943 Afghan refugees have been deported from Iran.

He said that these refugees were living illegally and have been deported and handed over to the Taliban through the Dowqarun border.

Quoting this border guard commander, IRNA News Agency reported, “In the past two weeks, border guards of Taybad regiment deported and handed over these Afghan refugees who have been living illegally or who had been arrested while trying to enter the country illegally, to the Taliban through the Dowqarun border”.

With the takeover of power by the Taliban in August 2021, a significant number of Afghans migrated to neighbouring countries, including Iran. However, the Iranian government has arrested many of them and deported them to Afghanistan. In May, 12,500 Afghan refugees had also been deported.