Over 90,000 Afghan Immigrants Returned to Afghanistan This Year, Says Iranian Official
Hossein Sharafati, Directorate of Foreign Nationals and Immigrants of Khorasan Razavi of Iran, said that more than 90,000 Afghans have returned to Afghanistan through the Dogharoon border crossing this year.
Sharafati said that these immigrants have returned “of their own will” to Afghanistan.
According to the Iranian official, about five million Afghan immigrants live in Iran.
Shrafati added that some migrants were also gathered by the relevant authorities from Tehran and other parts of Iran and transferred to the Mashhad camp.
According to Iranian reports, of the five million Afghan immigrants, about one million live in Khorasan Razavi province and Mashhad city.
Shrafati said that these people returned to Afghanistan through the Dogharoon border crossing after going through legal procedures.
The deportation of Afghan citizens has accelerated in recent days in Iran. Earlier, it had been reported by Iranian media outlets that more than 13,000 Afghan migrants were handed over to Taliban border guards in Iran in the past three weeks.
In the last two years of Taliban rule in Afghanistan, many people have migrated to neighbouring countries including Pakistan and Iran.
At the same time, the International Organisation for Migration recently wrote in a report that in the last two years, about 3.6 million Afghans have migrated abroad.
