Shafaqna English– United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) expressed concern about the mass expulsion of Afghan migrants from neighboring countries amid a significant decline in humanitarian aid.
UNHCR’s Representative in Afghanistan, Arafat Jamal, highlighted that 380,000 Afghan migrants have been deported from neighboring countries just in the current year, stressing that Afghanistan is not prepared to accommodate such numbers.
He said: ” Three million Afghans have returned from neighboring countries since September 2023. This year alone, 380,000 have returned. They repatriate to a nation and a people that are welcoming them home, yet they return to a homeland that is dramatically unprepared to receive them.
These past few months, I have traveled to all the main frontier crossings between Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq. I have witnessed a host nation that is embracing its long-exiled brethren, taking care of them, feeding them, and sheltering them.”
He also warned of the negative consequences stemming from the sharp reduction in international assistance to deported migrants.
Source: Tolo News