UN migration agency hails Iran’s extensive services to Afghan refugees
The United Nations migration agency has expressed its appreciation towards Iran over the extensive services that the Islamic Republic has been providing to the millions of Afghan refugees staying in the country.
A senior advisor to the International Organization for Migration (IOM)’s director-general made the remarks to Mohammad Bat’haei, deputy Iranian interior minister, in Geneva on Monday. The officials were meeting on the sidelines of the 76th Annual Session of the Executive Committee of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
Kim Eling praised the Islamic Republic’s successful efforts aimed at hosting the Afghan nationals, while regretting the decline in contributions from donor countries.
He identified the decline as one of the main challenges that faced the UN in advancing its projects geared towards accommodating the needs of migrants worldwide.
Bat’haei, who also heads Iran’s Social Affairs Organization, noted how the Islamic Republic has been rendering “remarkable” services to the monumental number of Afghan migrants and individuals from other origins, who have been seeking refuge across the country.
Tehran has been providing the support, despite simultaneously suffering under Western states’ “oppressive unilateral sanctions,” he lamented.
“Iran hopes that donor countries, in accordance with their share of responsibility, will allocate appropriate support to the ongoing projects in Iran,” the official added.
The officials, meanwhile, reviewed the latest status of interactions between the Islamic Republic and the IOM regarding the organization of foreign nationals residing in the country.
Iran hosts 3.8 million refugees and individuals in refugee-like situations. Afghan nationals comprise the majority of this number.
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The number of refugees began to significantly rise after the 2001 invasion of the Central Asian nation by the United States, which triggered a huge backlash by the Taliban.
The US’s sudden withdrawal from Afghanistan amid a wholesale Taliban offensive in 2021 similarly unleashed another refugee wave onto the country’s neighbors.
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