Over 1.2 Million Afghan Refugees Deported From Iran In 2024, Says IOM

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) announced that more than 1.2 million Afghan refugees returned to Afghanistan from Iran in 2024.

The organisation said that 67% of Afghan refugees had been forcibly deported.

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) wrote in a note on Thursday, January 16, that it has provided humanitarian assistance to at least 324,000 migrants deported from Iran in 2024.

The organisation said that humanitarian aid to Afghan refugees has been provided with the support of the European Union and other donors.

Earlier, Nader Yar Ahmadi, the head of the Centre for Foreign Citizens and Migrants Affairs of the Iranian Ministry of Interior, said that more than three million Afghan refugees have been deported from Iran in the past three years.

According to reports, after the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan and the spread of poverty and unemployment in the country, the rate of Afghan migration has increased. It is said that many Afghan refugees have taken refuge in neighbouring countries, including Iran, due to fear of the Taliban's reprisals.