...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor...
deported 9,000 Afghan refugees to Afghanistan since the beginning of 2023, Human Rights Watch in Turkey said.
According to Ali Hekmat, the head of the Association for the Support of Afghan Refugees in Turkey, the country has expelled 29,000 refugees between January 1 and the first week of April, with which 8,780 Afghan and 1,581 Pak nationals making up the majority of those deported.
Deporting refugees from Turkiye has accelerated, mainly Afghan refugees, on the eve of the country’s presidential elections.
More than 18,000 refugees have been detained on Turkey’s border and are ready to be deported, of which over 5,000 are Afghan nationals.
According to a report, Turkey deports up to a thousand Afghan refugees to Afghanistan every week.
Organisations that promote asylum seekers’ rights assert that President Erdogan is trying to get voters’ attention by making the fight against illegal immigration the main topic of his election campaign.
Since the Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...takeover of the country, the number of refugee seekers has increased. Most Afghans flee the country due to prosecution, security threats, economic purposes and lack of occupation.