Afghanistan, July 19 -- Over 1.9 million Afghan migrants were deported from Iran and Pakistan in seven months, prompting UN calls to halt forced, unsafe returns immediately.
Volker Turk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, has reported that more than 1.9 million Afghan migrants have been deported from Iran and Pakistan in the past seven months.
Speaking on Friday, July 18, Turk stated that over 1.5 million people were returned from Iran, while more than 300,000 were expelled from Pakistan.
He warned that many of those being deported face serious risks of abuse, torture, or arbitrary detention in Afghanistan and should not be forcibly returned.
The High Commissioner called for an immediate halt to deportations, emphasi...