Over 1,000 Afghan refugees return home- Ministry

Phenomenal Published May 30, 2022

Last updated: 2022/05/30 at 11:24 AM

ERZURUM, TURKEY - APRIL 05 : Immigrants are seen at a police station in Erzurum, Turkey on April 05, 2018. Illegal immigrants are brought to Provincial Directorates Of Migration Management for the registration or deportation processes. Number of illegal immigrants caught in Turkey's Erzurum reach 13,400, approximately three times more than last year's statistics. Mostly Afghan and Pakistani people flee from their countries for unemployment and terror reasons, using any possible way into Turkey. Illegal immigrants get caught up in situations where they are dropped off from trucks, buses, minibuses, cabs and automobiles on the highways by the human traffickers they have paid for in different cities of Turkey's Eastern Anatolia Region before even reaching their destinations. Fahrettin Gok / Anadolu Agency

Afghanistan Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation on Monday confirmed that a total of 1,094 Afghan refugees have returned from neighboring countries of Pakistan and Iran on Saturday.

The ministry’s statement said up to 854 Afghans returned via a border crossing point in the western Nimroz province from Iran, and 240 undocumented refugees arrived in the southern Kandahar province from Pakistan.

The undocumented Afghan migrants had no documentation issued by the country where they resides.

The ministry noted that 250 of the returnees were referred to the United Nations migration agency, the International Organisation for Migration, to receive assistance and support.
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According to official figures from the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation, over 653,000 Afghan refugees have returned or been deported to Afghanistan mainly from neighboring countries since August 2021.

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Phenomenal May 30, 2022

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