US Edition'Emergency' at Afghan Border as Migrant Returns From Iran Surge Ahead of Deadline
- Tens of thousands of Afghans surged across the Islam Qala border from Iran in late June and early July ahead of a July 6 return deadline set by Iran.
- The surge follows Iran's late-May order for undocumented Afghans to leave, potentially affecting up to four million people amid ongoing poverty and instability in Afghanistan.
- The UN migration agency IOM reported more than 250,000 Afghan returnees in June, many families with children, leading to emergency efforts at border sites like Islam Qala that lack adequate services.
- UNICEF representative Tajudeen Oyewale described the situation as an "emergency" in a country facing a chronic returnee crisis with 25 percent of returnees being children and a call for more funding.
- This mass return could further destabilize Afghanistan, which struggles with entrenched poverty, unemployment, and climate shocks, while UN urges nations to avoid forced repatriations.
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Thousands of Afghans return from Iran amid forced exit deadline, UN warns of humanitarian emergency
Numbers of people crossing the border have surged since mid-June, with a peak of more than 43,000 people crossing at Islam Qala in western Herat province on July 1, the UN refugee agency UNHCR said on Friday
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AlKhaleej Today‘Even begging at home is better’: Afghans flood border as Iran expulsion deadline hits
ISLAM QALA, Afghanistan, July 6 — Tens of thousands of Afghans streamed over the border from Iran in the days before a return deadline set for today, the United Nations said, sparking an “emergency” situation at border points. In late May, Iran said undocumented Afghans must leave the country by July 6, potentially impacting four million people, out of the six million Afghans Tehran says live in the country. Numbers of people crossing the border…
Emergency at Afghan border as migrant returns from Iran surge ahead
ISLAM QALA: Tens of thousands of Afghans streamed over the border from Iran in the days before a return deadline set for Sunday, the United Nations said, sparking an “emergency” situation at border points. In late May, Iran said undocumented Afghans must leave the country by July 6, potentially impacting four million people, out of the six million Afghans Tehran says live in
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'Emergency' at Afghan border as migrant returns from Iran surge ahead of deadline
Tens of thousands of Afghans streamed over the border from Iran in the days before a return deadline set for Sunday, the United Nations said, sparking an "emergency" situation at border points.
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Business Recorder‘Emergency’ at Afghan border as migrant returns from Iran surge ahead of deadline
Tens of thousands of Afghans streamed over the border from Iran in the days before a return deadline set for Sunday, the United Nations said, sparking an "emergency" situation at border points. In late May, Iran said undocumented Afghans must leave the country by July 6, potentially impacting four million people, out of the six
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