Iran’s inside ministry says it has permitted residency permits for a couple of million Afghan refugees at the moment within the nation.
Sadiq Rezadoost, Iran’s Director Basic of Overseas Nationals and Immigrant Affairs of the Ministry of Inside, stated that every one nationals who got here to Iran after the political developments in Afghanistan final 12 months, or who got papers previously years, shouldn’t fear as a result of their papers will probably be prolonged.
“The residence permits of a couple of million Afghan residents have been prolonged; Afghan residents shouldn’t fear, as a result of their papers will probably be prolonged after this date and the circumstances for his or her return to Afghanistan haven’t but been offered,” stated Rezadoost.
“A particular residency card can also be issued for individuals who are working on this nation,” he added.
In the meantime, the officers of the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriations (MoRR) say there are at the moment greater than three million Afghan refugees in Iran, and that just one million of them have residency paperwork.
“In Iran, we’ve roughly three million refugees, of which two million nonetheless shouldn’t have residency paperwork,” stated Abdulmutallab Haqqani, the spokesman of MoRR.
“The ministry of refugees has tried to get Iran to provide them a residence allow in order that they get hold of all of the rights for immigrants based on worldwide legal guidelines,” he stated.
Nonetheless, consultants say that Afghan refugees residing in neighboring nations are going through many issues and challenges.
Lately, a quadrilateral assembly between the representatives of Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan and the Worldwide Group for Migration (IOM) was held in Iran in a bid to unravel the issues of refugees.
