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Iran Is Throwing Out 4 Million Afghans
(The Times-UK) Christina Lamb - More than 1.1 million Afghans have been deported from Iran this year, half in the past five weeks, in one of the largest forced expulsions in modern history. In March, Iranian authorities said they will expel all four million undocumented Afghans, even though many have lived there for decades. On some days last week more than 40,000 were dumped on the borders in a few hours. Pakistan, home to four million Afghans, has also demanded the departure of all undocumented Afghans. A million were expelled in 2024 and a further 323,581 this year, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), most of them since April 1.