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Over 5,000 Afghans return home in one day from Iran and Pakistan
The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan said Thursday that over 5,000 Afghan migrants had returned home in one day from Pakistan and Iran.
The ministry of migrant affairs said in a statement that 5,179 people had returned home. Of those, 3,591 returned through Islam Qala Herat border crossing and another 1,585 returned from Pakistan through Spin Boldak crossing.
These returnees crossed at the border voluntarily, while some were forced deportations.
The IEA said a number of immigrants were found to be needy and vulnerable and were referred to the office of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in order to receive help.
Recently, a large number of Afghan immigrants have been arrested in Pakistan and Iran for not having legal residence documents.
However, undocumented migrants in Pakistan have only a few days to leave the country following Islamabad’s decision to expel all unregistered refugees after November 1. This will affect over 1.3 million Afghans.