INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Iran has actually stepped up its deportation of undocumented Afghan migrants, with as much as 3,000 people supposedly being sent back to
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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