Iran has actually stepped up its deportation of undocumented Afghan migrants, with as much as 3,000 people supposedly being sent back to Afghanistan every day.
According to Iran&& s Director General of Foreign Nationals and Migrants of Khorasan Razavi, Hossein Sharafati, more than 3,000 Afghans are detained day-to-day and deported through the Dogharun border following legal procedures.Iran&& s state news agency, IRNA, reported that Sharafati said on Saturday that undocumented Afghan nationals living in Khorasan province are determined, detained, and consequently deported by means of the Dogharun border.During a recent see to Taybad city, Sharafati likewise examined a 20-hectare plot of land designated for a new camp planned to hold && unauthorized Afghan nationals.& & This facility, proposed near the Dogharun border in Taybad, is meant to streamline the process of handling and deporting undocumented migrants.
The steep boost in deportations follows Tehran recently took a more stringent position over undocumented Afghan migrants, after President Masoud Pezeshkian entered power.
In September, the Iranian federal government revealed it would deport 2 million undocumented foreigners over the next 6 months.
When Iranian officials speak of && unlawful foreigners, & they typically indicate migrants from Afghanistan.
At the time, Iranian police chief Ahmad-Reza Radan stated security forces and the Interior Ministry were working out procedures that would deport && a significant variety of unlawful immigrants& & over the long term.Iran and Afghanistan share a 900-kilometer long border, parts of which run through unattainable, high range of mountains.
The United Nations refugee firm UNHCR estimates that nearly 4.5 million Afghan nationals currently live in Iran.
According to Iranian news agencies, however, the genuine number could be as high as 6 million or 8 million.
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