Kabul: The Taliban-led Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) confirms that more than 2000 Afghan refugees returned to the country from Iran. According to the Afghanistan-based Khaama Press, the number of Afghan refugees returning to Afghanistan from Iran has increased in recent months at an abnormal rate due to several reasons.
MoRR informs that at least 534 Afghan refugees visited Afghanistan through Islam Qala in Western Heart Province. It further said that at least 288 of the 2000 returnees were introduced to the International Office for Migration (IOM) to receive basic aid. According to the Khaama press report, Nimruz Mawlavi Abdullah Reyaz, the Taliban’s head of the refugee department, said that over 65,000 migrants have travelled back to Afghanistan through the Pul-e-Abresham crossing point over the past month.
While, the MoRR said that more than 527,000 Afghan refugees had returned to Afghanistan in 2022. Additionally, they said that Afghans either left Iran voluntarily or forcibly. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said that the reasons behind the ongoing return of Afghan refugees from neighbouring nations may be due to rising inflation and a lack of economic possibilities in the host countries.
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