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500 Thousand Afghan Refugees Repatriated in 2017, Says MoRR
The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation reported today that 500 thousand Afghan refugees have repatriated since the beginning of 2017.
The figure announced in a conference on International Migrants Day, attended by the country’s Chief Executive, Abdullah Abdullah and the Minister of Refugees and Repatriation, Sayed Hussain Alemi Balkhi.
Around 5.6 Million Afghan refugees are said to live in the neighboring countries like Pakistan, Iran and also in some European countries under sever and worsening situations.
Among the 500 thousand repatriated Afghan refugees, 700 of them have been reportedly forced to return back to the country.
“The problems of the repatriated refugees will be addressed through the support of international community and specifically with the help of European Union,” said Sayed Hussain Alemi Balkhi, the Minister of Refugees and Repatriation.
Balkhi added that the European Union (EU) has considered “80 million Euro in aid for 2017 and 124 million Euro for the next phase to address the problems of Afghan refugees”.
According to Balkhi, the efforts are underway to prevent the forced repatriation and deportation of Afghan refugees.
Abdullah Abdullah, the country’s Chief Executive also expressed concerns over the situation of Afghan refugees and said that addressing the challenges of refugees is the top priority of NUG.
“There are too many challenges in the world. However, the International Community has maintained its focus on Afghanistan in terms of migration issue,” he further noted in the conference.
Toby Lanzer, the UN Secretary General’s Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan also declared support for the betterment of Afghan refugees.
“We support Afghan government and will help those who have repatriated. The repatriated refugees should have equal access and opportunities. They have to own shelters and their children should go to school,” Added Mr. Lanzer.
Iran executed four Afghan prisoners in Vakliabad Prison in Mashhad on Thursday morning, a human rights group reported.
Haalvsh said that the individuals had been arrested in 1398 over drug-related charges and then sentenced to death by the court.
This organization announced the names of the executed prisoners as Zaman Taheri, Salam Taheri, Gholam Qadir Samani and Ebrahim Noorzahi.
Zaman Taheri and Salam Taheri were brothers.
Iranian officials have not commented about the matter so far.
Two people were killed after roof of their house collapsed in southern Helmand province on Friday night, officials said.
Abdul Bari Rashid, head of information and culture in Helmand, told Ariana News that the incident occurred in Tajkan village of Gershak district due to heavy rain.
According to him, the dead include a woman and a child. A man was injured in the incident.
This comes as 10 people have died and six others have been injured as a result of the floods in Helmand province in the last one week.
Officials at the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) say 7,000 incomplete projects of the World Bank are at risk of destruction in Afghanistan. They call on the World Bank to resume the work of these projects.
According to them, discussions have been held with the World Bank about these projects, but there has been no result yet.
“7,000 incomplete projects are being destroyed, and if the work is not started, these projects will be destroyed. We ask the World Bank to resume the work of these projects as soon as possible,” said Noorul Hadi Adel, the spokesperson of MRRD.
Meanwhile, members of the private sector also ask international institutions to resume their work in Afghanistan.
According to the officials of this sector, with the start of these projects, job opportunities will be provided for thousands of people in the country.
“These projects create employment for our people and the country will grow a lot,” said Mirwais Hajizadeh, a member of the private sector.
However, economic experts stated if the work of these projects does not start soon, they will be destroyed and the investments made in them will be wasted.
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