3 million Afghans can return to their country this year

The UN official said on Friday that 3 million Afghans could return to their country this year, warning that this stream of deportation returning as a result of the deportation policy will put pressure on Afghanistan and aggravate the humanitarian crisis that he is worried.

Afghan refugees returning from neighboring Iran

Iran and Pakistan created a new policy affecting the displaced Afghan movement, since Tehran provided 4 million “illegal” Afghans over the deadline until July 6, to leave.

“We are witnesses of a humiliating, unorganized and unorganized group of Afghans from both countries, which is a huge pressure on the country that wants to get them, but it is not ready,” said Arafat Jamal, a representative of the Supreme Commissar of the United Nations in Afghanistan.

He added: “What bothers us is the size and intensity of the return and how it is done.”

Jamal noted that this year more than 1.6 million Afghans returned from Pakistan and Iran, most of which from Iran.

This number exceeds the initial expectations of the Supreme Commissioner of the United Nations for Refugees Affairs of 1.4 million refugees for 2025.

Jamal said that the UN UN Office is estimated, this year 3 million Afghans will return to Afghanistan.

The agency added that more than 30,000 people return daily through the Islam -Kalaa intersection to Afghanistan, and July 4 (July) became a witness to the transition of about 50 thousand.

Jamal said: “Many of these returning arrive after they suddenly deported them and made a difficult, tiring and humiliating journey. They are tired and embarrassed, and they were subjected to severe treatment, and they are often in despair. ”

Afghan refugees returning from neighboring Iran receive food to a temporary camp on the borders of Islam of the cadata in the state of the Afghan state … July 11, 2025 (AP)

The United Nations took extraordinary measures to improve water and sanitation systems for maintenance from 7 to 10 thousand people per day, in addition to vaccination and nutrition services.

Many of those who crossed the border showed that they were subjected to pressure from the Iranian authorities, which included arrest and exile.

The Supreme Commissioner of the United Nations in Refugees Affairs warned that by the end of this year to 3 million Afghan immigrants from Iran and Pakistan, which could seriously aggravate the continuous humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, according to the Afghan News Agency “Khmam Press” on Saturday.

According to the United Nations, more than 30,000 people per day intersect to Afghanistan, only across the Islam Kalaa border.

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