IRAN DEPORTATION:
MILLIONS OF AFGHANS ASKED TO LEAVE OR FACE ARREST
Millions of Afghan migrants and refugees in Iran have been asked to leave or face arrest as a deadline set by the government comes to an end on Sunday.
Sunday’s target date neared amid public concerns over security in the aftermath of the 12-day conflict with Israel, which the United States joined with air strikes on Iran’s uranium-enrichment facilities.
But humanitarian organizations have warned that mass deportations could further destabilise Afghanistan which is one of the world’s most impoverished nations.
The deportations began In March after the Iranian government ordered that Afghans without the right to remain should leave voluntarily by Sunday or face expulsion.
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