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UN migration agency: Nearly 450,000 Afghans left Iran since June

2025.07.07, 11:56
UN migration agency: Nearly 450,000 Afghans left Iran since June

The UN migration agency reports that since June, 450,000 Afghans have left Iran.

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In late May, Iran said undocumented Afghans must leave the country by July 6, potentially impacting four million people out of the around six million Afghans Tehran says live in the country.

According to the UN, the number of people crossing the border has increased since mid-June, with some 40,000 people crossing the border daily at the Islam Qala crossing in western Herat province.

A spokesman for the International Organization for Migration told AFP that 449,218 Afghans returned to Afghanistan from Iran between June 1 and July 5, bringing the total number of returnees to 906,326 in the past year.

The returnees said they faced pressure and arrests from government officials.

The UN has warned that mass migrations will exacerbate the already tense situation in Afghanistan and urged countries around the world not to forcibly return Afghans.

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