KABUL, AFGHANISTAN – The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has raised alarm over a dramatic surge in the number of Afghan migrants returning from Iran, warning that the mass returns risk further destabilizing Afghanistan’s already fragile situation.
In a statement on Saturday, the UN refugee agency reported that on Thursday alone, 36,100 Afghans entered the country through the Iran-Afghanistan border—the highest single-day return in recent months.
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