|
100,000 Afghan refugees to leave Iran
 About 100,000 of refugees from Afghanistan will be leaving Iran for their homeland this current Iranian year, Deputy Interior Minister Ali Abdullahi said today, Mehr reported.Abdullahi said that during the last Iranian year, about 50,000 Afghan refugees already left Iran voluntarily for Afghanistan. Abdullahi said there will be appropriate infrastructure available for the refugess, when they arrive in Afghanistan. He noted, that in 2010, about 1.4 million of illegal Afghan refugees have been registered in Iran, and in order to remain legally in Iran, they would have needed a passport and visa. About 1,000 of them registered for a visa online. "About 1.3 million people came as volunteers for their visas, and thus far, about 780,000 people have received their identification cards in Iran," Abdullahi said. Posted by: Steve White 2013-01-17 |
| http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=360245 |