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The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has raised alarm over the mass deportation of Afghan migrants, confirming that 2.3 million people have been expelled from Iran and Pakistan this year.
According to the agency, most returnees face harsh conditions, arriving in a country unprepared to absorb them and unable to provide adequate shelter, jobs, or basic services. Humanitarian groups have repeatedly warned that deported Afghans are returning to poverty, lack of housing, unemployment, and severe restrictions on education and personal freedoms, particularly for women and girls.
UN experts also cautioned that many are being sent back to a nation whose rulers face international accusations of systematic human rights violations. Pakistan has set September 1 as the deadline for expelling more than one million Afghans whose temporary residence permits have expired, further intensifying concerns about forced displacement.
UNHCR stressed on Thursday that the world cannot turn its back on Afghanistan at such a critical time, urging urgent humanitarian assistance for returnees. (Khaama)
