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3m Afghans Could Return This Year: UN

AFGHANISTAN, JUL 11 – New policies in Iran and Pakistan have forced millions of Afghans to return home, with over 50,000 arrivals reported in a single day, straining Afghanistan's limited resources, UNHCR said.

  • According to a UN refugee official, new policies in Iran and Pakistan may lead to as many as three million Afghans returning to Afghanistan during 2025.
  • This surge follows Iran's July 6 deadline for four million so-called illegal Afghans to leave, which has already driven over 1.6 million returns this year, mostly from Iran across the Islam Qala border.
  • UNHCR representative Arafat Jamal described the massive return as undignified and disorganized, with returnees arriving exhausted, disoriented, brutalized, and often in despair after arduous journeys.
  • Daily border crossings have reached as many as 50,000 people, overwhelming border provinces and prompting emergency UN measures to reinforce water, sanitation, vaccination, and nutrition services for 7,000 to 10,000 people per day.
  • Despite Afghanistan's willingness to receive returnees, UN officials warn the country is wholly unprepared for this volume, risking increased poverty, social tension, and humanitarian crisis amid drought and limited resources.
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Iran and Pakistan have put in place new policies with regard to Afghans present on their soil. The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees deplores the "unworthy, disorganized and mass exodus".

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theindianawaaz.com broke the news in on Friday, July 11, 2025.
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