UNITED NATIONS — Three million Afghans could return to their country this year, a UN refugee official said Friday, warning that the repatriation flow is placing intense pressure on an already major humanitarian crisis.
Iran and Pakistan have introduced new policies affecting displaced Afghans , with Tehran already having given 4 million “illegal” Afghans until July 6 to leave Iranian territory.
4 million for 2025.The office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees now estimates 3 million coming into Afghanistan this year, Jamal said.The UN agency said over 30,000 people per day have streamed across the Islam Qala border into Afghanistan, with 50,000 crossing on July 4 alone.“Many of these returnees are arriving having been abruptly uprooted and having undergone an arduous, exhausting and degrading journey.
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