Some Afghan migrants in Iran have complained about the inappropriate behavior of the police in this country.
They say that Afghan migrants have been harassed by Iranian citizens for some time now.
Recently, videos have been circulating among social media users, showing inappropriate treatment of Afghan migrants, along with anti-Afghan migrant slogans in this country.
Omid Hassan, an Afghan migrant, told”Iranians beat Afghans and unfortunately, so far seven Afghans, including a woman, have died; I don’t know if they were killed in the breadline.”
Ali Mohammad, another Afghan migrant in Iran, said: “Afghans are not treated well here. In places like Qiyam and subway queues, Afghans are harassed.”
These migrants urged the Islamic Emirate and migrant support institutions to take immediate action to end their tense situation in Iran.
Akbar Soltani, a migrant, said: “There is no distinction between people, all of them dislike Afghan migrants, and when arrested by the police, they beat them extensively.”
At the same time, the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriations reported the return of 128,000 individuals from Iran to the country in the past month.
Abdul Mutalib Haqqani, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation, said: “In the past month, around 1,800,000 Afghan migrants have returned from Iran, with about 52,000 returning forcibly and the rest voluntarily.”
Recently, Khalil Rahman Haqqani, the acting minister of Refugees and Repatriation, in a meeting with Arafat Jamal, the representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Afghanistan, requested attention to the problems of Afghan migrants.
According to a newsletter from this ministry, Jamal also emphasized in the meeting the need for coordination among host countries to solve the challenges faced by migrants.
Previously, the Human Rights Assembly had requested the UNHCR to send a delegation to Iran to address the problems of Afghan migrants.